The Sandersons Fail Manhattan

A Novel

By: Scott Johnston

Narrated by: Cicely Meadows

William Sanderson is very rich, but you can always be richer. He’s up for a huge promotion at investment giant Bedrock Capital, but there’s one crucial hurdle he must clear first―assuming he can keep the HR department at bay. He’s also looking for any string to pull to get his maddeningly indifferent daughter Ginny into Yale.

Ellie, his wife, is a newcomer to New York who only wants to fit in, while Daughter #2, the shy Zoey, is happy just to make a new friend, even in the form of the unusual new girl who calls herself a goblin.

Things turn upside down when the girls’ exclusive school admits its first trans student, only to have her mysteriously disappear. As a frenzied search begins, the entire city frets about her fate. Somehow caught in the crosshairs are the Sandersons, a family desperately trying to navigate all the new cultural rules―and failing miserably.

©2025 Scott Johnston (P)2025 Dreamscape Media

Such a great commentary on our society

It's hilarious and thoughtful at the same time. It really shows how we tie ourselves into knots trying to appease others.

We Have Waited Too Long

This is an overdue story of a pendulum long past its time to swing back. Well told and funny.

Important note from author

If you downloaded my book in the first two weeks, you didn’t get the last two hours. The audible person cuts in and you think the book just suddenly ends. Incredibly frustrating. While audible eventually fixed the problem, they refused to notify anyone. Argh! Anyway, the solution is to delete it and then download it again.

DEI EXPOSED

Scott is a brilliant writer. Great characters. Terrific humor mixed in with the tragic truth of a society gone mad.

Book incomplete

Book did not fully download. Very frustrating as there was 20 per cent of the story to go. No way to repurchase, or re download so I can finish the book.