This weekend, there is an outstanding library sponsored event that we here at A Reading Life had to let you know about. This Saturday, February 15th, Tayari Jones will be at the Everett Performing Arts Center starting at 7 pm to talk about her award wining novel, An American Marriage.

This novel is a moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young couple. Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are standing on the threshold of the American dream when Roy is arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, and their lives implode.

In addition to a great plot, An American Marriage has received much praise and many accolades. It was named a notable book by The New York Times and The Washington Post and was awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Aspen Words Prize, and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction. It has been published in over 20 countries, with more than 700,000 copies in print domestically. It was selected as a 2018 Oprah  Book Club pick, a summer reading list pick by Barack Obama, and one Bill Gates’ top five books of 2019.

So join us this weekend for an excellent and thought provoking program. No registration is required and copies of the book will be available for sale and signing following the presentation.