He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Triumphant." - Elle Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. Packed with brave questions about race and class." - People "Compelling." - The Washington Post "Deeply moving. Unforgettable." - USA Today "A tense and timely love story. Beautifully written." - The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant and heartbreaking. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"-īook Synopsis A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR * TIME * BUSTLE * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS * AMAZON.COM OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION "A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple." -Barack Obama "Haunting. Instead, he conjectures.About the Book "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Burlingame might have interrogated Herndon’s objectivity, or expressed skepticism about the hearsay and rumors that underlie many of the accusations in this volume.
A marriage is the creation of two responsible parties, but the author’s initial assertion that the Lincoln marriage failed because the emotionally distant Abraham and the needy Mary were unsuited for each other quickly collapses under an avalanche of accusations against Mary. Couples therapists are unlikely to approve of Burlingame’s method. Whether his own would withstand similar scrutiny is impossible to determine, given that the volume provides no citations (although an appendix suggests that research notes can be accessed online). Burlingame aggressively criticizes scholars who have suggested otherwise by interrogating the objectivity of their sources. At the heart of this volume is the bold claim that Abraham did not love his wife and deeply regretted his marriage. lively chapters designed to discredit the possibility that the Lincoln marriage was happy, functional or loving.
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