Kingdom of No Tomorrow

Name: Kingdom of No Tomorrow
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Fabienne Josaphat
ISBN: 9781668643396

Author: Fabienne Josaphat

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Published: 12/03/2024

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women, Family Life

Synopsis

From a PEN/Bellwether Prizewinner, a "beautifully convincing slice of history" novel about the Black Panther Party, perfect for fans of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois (Barbara Kingsolver).

Nettie Boileau joins the Black Panthers’ Free Health Clinics in Oakland in 1968 and is soon swept up in an all-consuming love affair with Melvin Mosley, a defense captain of the Black Panther Party. When Nettie and Melvin head to Chicago to help launch the Illinois chapter of the Panthers, they find themselves targets of J. Edgar Hoover’s famous covert campaigns against civil rights leaders.

As she learns more about the inner workings of the Panthers, Nettie discovers that fighting for social justice may not always mean equal justice for women.

Fabienne Josaphat’s Kingdom of No Tomorrow is a timely story of self-determination and revolution amid injustice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ron on December 10, 2024

Fabienne Josaphat’s “Kingdom of No Tomorrow” won the Bellwether prize in 2023 and was released this month by Algonquin. It’s an earnest, urgent novel about a young woman in the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. In her acknowledgments, Josaphat notes that she based this story on a number of books......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on August 23, 2024

I always love learning about history. In Fabian Josaphat’s book THE KINGDOM OF NO TOMORROW, we are taken inside the workings of the Black Panther Party beginning in 1968 Oakland, Ca, then to Illinois in 1969. The story is told in three books, I was completely immersed into the struggles of Nettie Bo......more

Goodreads review by Lois on December 04, 2024

4.5 Stars Rounded Up This audiobook is narrated by Robin Miles. Ms. Miles is one of my favorite audiobook narrators. Her voice is rich, which works to both hold my interest and increase my immersion into the narrative. Her voice also conveys a lot of emotion, which is much needed for this text. This s......more

Goodreads review by Robyn on January 18, 2025

A great book, beautifully written, immediately engaging. Loved the historical aspects of the revolutionary 1960s and its characters, their humanity. Highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Tonya | The Cultivated Library Co on December 05, 2024

Kingdom of No Tomorrow is the beautifully written story of love and revolution. Fabienne Josaphat brings us into the early days of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. Nettie is collecting data for sickle cell research when she meets the stoic Melvin. She's instantly drawn to his quiet st......more

Quotes

"This beautifully convincing slice of history is powered not just by good research, but by lots of suspense, compelling characters, and understated political themes that broke my heart because of how timely they remain. The Kingdom of No Tomorrow will bring the fierce vision of the Black Panthers to new generations of readers, adding some stunning context to the modern Black Lives Matter movement."—Barbara Kingsolver, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Demon Copperhead

“With her timely and urgent novel, and through the eyes, heart, and soul of Nettie, we are brought front and center into the world of the Panthers, and how they struggled to bring the Black community into a place where justice was possible. Kingdom of No Tomorrow is ambitious in scope and brave in execution. “Nettie had grown accustomed to the kind of darkness the human eye couldn’t recognize,” the novel begins, but there is also lightness and hope. Nettie is a character to cheer for, and her struggles remain relevant in the chaos and upheaval we are living through today.”
—Naomi Benaron, author of PEN/Bellwether winner Running the Rift

Praise for Dancing in the Baron's Shadow:

"Fabienne Josaphat impressively brings to life a horrible period as well as the men and women who fought against it. Filled with life, suspense, and humor, this powerful first novel is an irresistible read about the nature of good and evil, terror and injustice, and ultimately triumph and love."

—Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of Sea Light