Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. 'A powerful-and, in today's world, necessary-perspective on the American dream and the possibility of beginning again.' Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere Stephanie Powell Watts is a writer of wondrous skill, imagination, and sensitivity, and No One Is Coming to Save Us is a beautiful testament to that.' Edward P. 'A grand debut novel full of characters who come into a reader's mind and heart and never leave. Can they reorient their lives to align with their wishes rather than their current realities? Or are they all already resigned to the rhythms of the particular lives they lead? The ostentatious wealth that JJ has attained forces everyone to consider the cards they’ve been dealt, what more they want and deserve, and how they might go about getting it. JJ’s return-and his plans to build a huge mansion overlooking Pinewood and woo Ava-not only unsettles their family, but stirs up the entire town. And Don, Sylvia’s unworthy but charming husband, just won’t stop hanging around. Ava’s mother, Sylvia, caters to and meddles with the lives of those around her, trying to fill the void left by her absent son. Her husband, Henry, has grown distant, frustrated by the demise of the furniture industry, which has outsourced to China and stripped the area of jobs.

But as he re-enters his former world, where factories are in decline and the legacy of Jim Crow is still felt, he’s startled to find that the people he once knew and loved have changed just as much as he has.Īva is now married and desperate for a baby, though she can’t seem to carry one to term.

JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava.

A riff on The Great Gatsby for Trump’s America, No One is Coming to Save Us is an exciting debut novel and the first pick for Sarah Jessica Parker’s new book club.

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