- Published: 2 January 2018
- ISBN: 9780143789482
- Imprint: Viking
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $37.00
No One Is Coming to Save Us











- Published: 2 January 2018
- ISBN: 9780143789482
- Imprint: Viking
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $37.00
A grand debut novel full of characters who come into a reader’s mind and heart and never leave. 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 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Known World
Rich with wry and poignant observations on human nature, family, and black experience in America. A powerful – and, in today’s world, necessary – perspective on the American dream and the possibility of beginning again.
Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You
Inspired by The Great Gatsby, Watts loosely (masterfully, too) retells the American saga from the present day perspective of a once thriving African American community, breathing fresh life into a classic in a way that feels more essential, more moving than the original.
Marie Claire
They say if you love something, you should set it free. Not so in Stephanie Powell Watts’ powerful debut novel . . . This timely novel sheds its green light on economic and emotional heartbreak and the spaces where the living meet the dead.
Vanity Fair
Watts’ lyrical writing and seamless floating between characters’ viewpoints make for a harmonious narrative chorus . . . Ultimately, Watts offers a human tale of resilience and the universally understood drive to hang on and do whatever it takes to save oneself.
Chicago Review of Books
No One Is Coming to Save Us proves to be not just a pleasure on its own terms, but also a compassionate and well-timed social commentary, wherein people like us endeavor, falter, and finally endure.
O, the Oprah Magazine