My Monticello
Paperback Published on: 16/06/2022
Price: £8.99
Bookseller Reviews
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Breath taking…
This is one of the most exciting debuts of 2021. The story starts with America battling storms and blackouts when a neighbourhood is attacked by white supr... READ MORE
A short, powerful and memorable read
A striking novella, I found the style really engaging and felt I had a clear vision of the characters and the turmoil they found themselves in. It reminded... READ MORE
Synopsis
What we saw in those moments riveted us, and then it set us free.
In a time of rolling blackouts and terrible storms battering America, the neighbourhood of 1st Street, Charlottesville is attacked by violent white supremacists.
Families, friends and strangers flee for their lives in an abandoned bus, taking refuge in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic plantation home in the hills above town.
Over nineteen heart-stopping days the group find ways to care for and sustain one another as the world burns beneath them.
Told by Da'Naisha Love, a young Black descendant of Jefferson and Sally Hemings, My Monticello is a searing indictment of racism past and present, and a powerful vision of resistance, hope and love.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529115055
- Number of pages: 192
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
- Weight: 138g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allFantastic debut
4.5 stars
Monticello is a Palladian mansion in Charlottesville, Virginia, the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson who is estimated to have had about 1... READ MORE
A love story with a twist
My Monticello is a visceral and at times hard-to-read novella, but it’s also a story which is difficult to put down.
The plot is apocalyptic, chronicling ... READ MORE
Who's House
"My Monticello'' is an stunning collection of stories showing good people struggling to survive in a country where the rules are not the same for everyone.... READ MORE
Interesting but missing something
For me a short story lives or dies on its plot, this either catches me or the story simply passes me by. On the other hand I enjoy novels the most when str... READ MORE
Clever and current
This slim novella details several characters as they try to make sense of the inequalities and ideas of belonging that surround them.
Our main character ... READ MORE
Harrowing, brilliant, apocalyptic
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is harrowing, brilliant, apocalyptic.
Her world is turned upside down by white supremacists in the night with flam... READ MORE
Short novel set in Charlottesville, VA
The book is largely set at Monticello (meaning hillock in Italian), the plantation home of the third President of the USA – Thomas Jefferson – a man who de... READ MORE
A brilliantly taut novel
What a fantastic beginning to my new resolution to mostly read literary fiction from now on! My Monticello is EXCELLENT – and it's a book I wasn't even sur... READ MORE
Gripping
I really enjoyed this book, such an evocative story that I found gripping, he sense of fear and confusion was palpable. As was the way that the group of pe... READ MORE
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