Sarai Johnson

Aug 6, 2024 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Sarai Johnson

Beauty queen Charlotte Jackson delivers her baby in 1974, expecting to leave the child behind in the Tennessee town of Chilly Springs where she has hidden her pregnancy. Her plan is to return to her prestigious Atlanta family and attend Spelman College. Instead, Charlotte leaves the hospital with her little girl, whom she fantasizes about killing “at least a few times a week,” and stays in Chilly Springs.

Jul 3, 2024 | lifestyle.967wshv.com | Sarai Johnson |Chris Nashawaty

From a memoir set in the turbulent 70s to a novel where you decide the protagonist's fate, get whisked away on unforgettable journeys all seasonReady to dive into a collection of captivating summer books? Check out these six standouts that span genres and generations.

Jul 2, 2024 | lifestyle.us983.com | Sarai Johnson |Chris Nashawaty

From a memoir set in the turbulent 70s to a novel where you decide the protagonist's fate, get whisked away on unforgettable journeys all seasonReady to dive into a collection of captivating summer books? Check out these six standouts that span genres and generations.

Jun 28, 2024 | lifeminute.tv | Sarai Johnson |Chris Nashawaty

From a memoir set in the turbulent 70s to a novel where you decide the protagonist's fate, get whisked away on unforgettable journeys all seasonFrom the LifeMinute.TV TeamJune 28, 2024Ready to dive into a collection of captivating summer books? Check out these six standouts that span genres and generations.

May 15, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Jo Hamya |Kevin Barry |Sarai Johnson |Brad Watson

Jo Hamya. Pantheon, $26 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-70103-4Hamya’s provocative second novel (after Three Rooms) lays bare a family’s fraught relationships over the course of an afternoon at the theater. Sophia’s father, a successful novelist, attends a matinee performance of her play, having no idea until it begins that it’s about him. The play recounts a summer holiday in Sicily a decade earlier, when Sophia was 17 and her father insisted she take dictation for the novel he was writing.