![]() She compares their marriage to a tree that has had a limb of another tree grafted on to it but the graft hasn’t taken yet. Separated by this unjust verdict, Celestial is finding it hard to hold on to a marriage that hadn’t yet had time to “take”. ![]() All of that falls to pieces when Roy is convicted of a crime he’s innocent of. Roy has a good job and Celestial is doing well creating her artistic dolls. Roy and Celestial have been married for about a year and are thinking of finding a bigger house and starting a family. ![]() This is a book about love, marriage and racism. In this deft exploration of love, loyalty, race, justice, and both Black masculinity and Black womanhood in 21st century America, Jones achieves that most-elusive of all literary goals: the Great American Novel" ![]() But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. ![]()
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