Her debut novel, titled No One Is Coming to Save Us, follows the return of a successful native son to his home in North Carolina and his attempt to join the only family he ever wanted but never had. As Ms. Powell Watts describes it, “Imagine The Great Gatsby set in rural North Carolina, nine decades later, with desperate black people.”. No One Is Coming to Save Us is a revelatory debut from an insightful voice; with echoes of The Great Gatsby it is an arresting and powerful novel about an extended African American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream. In evocative prose, Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted a full and stunning portrait that combines a universally resonant story with an intimate glimpse into the hearts of /5(). No One Is Coming to Save Us. by. Stephanie Powell Watts (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 5, ratings · reviews. The Great Gatsby brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream.3/5.
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. Jones - Edward P. Jones "Rich with wry and poignant observations on human nature, family, and black experience in America. 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. Jones, author of The Known World JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. 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. Jones "Rich with wry and poignant observations on human nature, family, and black experience in America.
No One Is Coming to Save Us. by. Stephanie Powell Watts (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 5, ratings · reviews. The Great Gatsby brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream. No One is Coming to Save Us is a novel by Stephanie Powell Watts about the lives of the black residents of a racially and economically segregated town of Pinewood, North Carolina. No One Is Coming to Save Us. by Stephanie Powell Watts. Named one of the most anticipated books of by Entertainment Weekly, Nylon, Elle, Redbook, W Magazine and The Chicago Review of Books. JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava.
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