When she woke : a novel / by Hillary Jordan.
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TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 344 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 1565126297 (hbk.)
- 9781565126299 (hbk.)
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Main Library | Fiction | Jordan Hil | Available | 33111006816256 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel, When She Woke , tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed--their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes--and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder.
In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
In the future, abortion has become a crime as a series of events threatens the existence of the United States. One woman wakes up to discover that her skin color has been changed to red as punishment for having the procedure done. Now she must embark on a dangerous journey in order to find refuge from a hostile and threatening society.