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An American Marriage
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Start date
July 29, 2020
Finish date
September 23, 2020
Why we're reading this
Tayari Jones attended UGA in the 1990s.

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M. Tenenbaum
Sep 21, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Read this book as part of the UGA Alumni Association Book Club and am looking forward to the discussion on Thursday. Being from Atlanta, I really enjoyed the Atlanta references. The story is a good one. Having read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, the familiar story of the totally innocent man going unjustly to jail. His life and his wife's are changed forever. The whole book you wonder if they will get back together after he is freed. I think Jones could've dwelled a little more about the injusti ...more
Charlene Marsh
May 15, 2020 rated it really liked it
I’m glad I had the chance to read this book after the hype and buzz had subsided. There are many valuable lessons in this story relating to: the complexity of decisions in life, conflict that rises in the event of abandoned commitment, fear of oblivion, and marriage’s place in love (and vice versa). My greatest qualm with the work is that, while characters were thoroughly developed, they weren’t developed in a way that caused me to become connected and attached to any one character. I’m not sure ...more
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Jan 31, 2019 rated it really liked it
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