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The Battle for Tomorrow: A Fable

Dr. Stuart Jeanne Bramhall
Strategic Book Group (2011)
ISBN 9781612042190
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (11/11)

Dr. Stuart Jeanne Bramhall’s “The Battle for Tomorrow:  A Fable” opens with teenager Ange desperately hoping for a miracle, but knowing that she was once again pregnant.  She makes plans for an abortion, her second one.  She plans to go in to the clinic the next morning and awakens early that day.  Before she leaves she goes about her duties taking care of her invalid mother, Diane.  Diane had suffered a stroke when Ange was 13.  The agency nurses assigned to her had proven to be unreliable for the most part.  Whenever a caregiver was not there to help her, the duty fell to Ange.

On the way to the clinic, Ange thinks back about how she met Reuben, the man who had gotten her pregnant.  She reminisces about Leavenworth Summer camp with its strong emphasis on social and political issues.  Reuben had been a counselor at this camp.  They had developed a relationship there which continued after she returned home to Seattle.

What follows in the book is Ange picking up and going to D.C. and becoming involved in many different political causes.  Bramhall’s book definitely is heavy on current political and social discussions.  While the book started out at a nice pace, I did find that there were some areas in the middle where my mind started to drift as the pace slowed, but they were thankfully only short areas. 

Ange was quite an interesting main character and I enjoyed learning her viewpoint on the different issues at hand.  I also liked reading of her interactions with the various guests in the hostel and the other people she encountered throughout her time in D.C.  If you enjoy books regarding political activism, “The Battle for Tomorrow:  A Fable” would be a good one to pick up.  One thing I don’t recommend though is reading the back cover of the book.  I think that the synopsis on the back gives away too much of the plot as it reveals incidents that happen within the last 1/3 of the book. 

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