My Monticello

"My Monticello is, quite simply, an extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it."  -  The Washington Post 

A young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings driven from her neighbourhood by a white militia. A university professor studying racism by conducting a secret social experiment on his own son. A single mother desperate to buy her first home even as the world hurtles toward catastrophe. Each fighting to survive in America. 

"Stories centred on racism and Virginia, anchored by a dystopian tale set in Thomas Jefferson's home. The title novella that closes Johnson's debut book is stellar and could easily stand on its own...A sharp debut by a writer with wit and confidence."  -  Kirkus Reviews

United by these characters’ relentless struggles against reality and fate, My Monticello is a formidable book that bears witness to this country’s legacies and announces the arrival of a wildly original new voice in American fiction.