The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love

After her traditional engagement to her high school sweetheart falls apart, Liza Monroy faced the prospect of another devastating loss: the deportation of her best friend Emir. Desperate to stay in America, Emir tried every legal recourse to obtain a green card knowing that his return to the Middle East-where gay men are often beaten and sometimes killed-was too dangerous. So Liza proposes to Emir in efforts to keep him safe and by her side.