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will join us to talk about her new novel and American marriage?

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Tyari Jones joins us now.

Her latest book is called An American Marriage, A Novel.

It's her fourth novel and the latest pick from the Oprah book club.

Tyari joins us from Washington, where she's on Booktour.

Welcome to the show, Tyari.

Thank you.

So this is very exciting.

I want to get to all of the Oprah Nass going on, which is, I imagine a great experience,

but let's start with the book itself.

What is this novel about?

An American marriage is the story of a young couple who's only been married 18 months.

You know, she says, I was still calling the rice from my hair.

When her husband is arrested and imprisoned for a crime he doesn't commit,

he's given a 12 year sentence and they've only been married 18 months.

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