Michelle Johnston

Gripping, propulsive and intelligent, The Revisionists is a tour de force, an absorbing, unputdownable novel about ambition—and how we curate our own stories and rescript our memories in order to survive. Upper East Side, Manhattan, 2023: Christine Campbell, former journalist, turns on the television to watch a documentary paying homage to her Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted coverage of the unrest in 1999...

Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they're needed, they turn up—although not always in the form that we expect... Tiny Uncertain Miracles by Michelle Johnston is a novel luminous with love and hope that will change the way you see the world. Awkward, hapless Marick is still struggling with the loss of his wife, his child, and his...

Like When Breath Becomes Air, Being Mortal and The Emperor of All Maladies, Fifty Beating Wonders is a stunning book about the magnificent complexity of the human body and the miracle of being human. It is absorbing, uplifting, moving and celebratory - a wonder indeed. The Emergency Department - loud, chaotic and heaving with broken bodies - seems an unlikely...