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Marriage and Other Monuments
- Author
- Virginia Pye
- Narrator
- Aven Shore
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Publish Date
- 10 February 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In the summer of 2020, social justice protests and the removal of Confederate monuments rock the city of Richmond, Virginia, as the marriages of two estranged sisters implode.
When Cynthia’s husband, Bobby, can no longer hide his dire financial situation, their union finally ruptures. Melissa, her sister, has dedicated herself so fully to racial justice activism that she becomes alienated from her own Black husband.
As the summer heats up and their marriages veer in opposite directions, the sisters have no choice but to turn to one another. Meanwhile, their husbands conspire in a racial reckoning that their ancestors-one old Virginia White, the other old Virginia Black-would never have dreamed of.
When secrets within marriage erode trust, all couples must decide what’s more important: being true to who they are as individuals or holding on to an illusion of the past.
Marriage and Other Monuments is a must-listen multigenerational drama set against a tumultuous time of racial tension in the South.
Critics Review
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“Marriage and Other Monuments is a riveting contemporary narrative that intertwines suspenseful family drama, powerful themes of social justice, and a plot ripped soulfully from the headlines. Pye tells a story of race, marriage, and politics ideal for book club discussions and sure to satisfy readers of every stripe.”
Bruce Holsinger, author of Culpability
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“Fans of Ann Napolitano and Mary Beth Keane: Buy this novel immediately! An engrossing, timely family saga, Virginia Pye’s Marriage and Other Monuments explores complicated truths about race and class-and love and desire-in the contemporary South, shining a brilliant light on the turmoil of 2020 through the lens of history.”
Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year
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“Superb. With startling command of craft, Virginia Pye delivers a novel in which small triumphs-of art and in life-become the abiding monuments, as love, and the failures of love, eclipse politics.”
Alice Randall, author of Black Bottom Saints
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“A fascinating and audacious novel of family, marriage, and a society in flux.”
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Details
- Author
- Virginia Pye
- Narrator
- Aven Shore
- Duration
- 9 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228810907
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
In the summer of 2020, social justice protests and the removal of Confederate monuments rock the city of Richmond, Virginia, as the marriages of two estranged sisters implode.When Cynthia’s husband, Bobby, can no longer hide his dire financial situation, their union finally ruptures. Melissa, her sister, has dedicated herself so fully to racial justice activism that she becomes alienated from her own Black husband.As the summer heats up and their marriages veer in opposite directions, the sisters have no choice but to turn to one another. Meanwhile, their husbands conspire in a racial reckoning that their ancestors-one old Virginia White, the other old Virginia Black-would never have dreamed of.When secrets within marriage erode trust, all couples must decide what’s more important: being true to who they are as individuals or holding on to an illusion of the past.Marriage and Other Monuments is a must-listen multigenerational drama set against a tumultuous time of racial tension in the South.
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