When She Woke, Hillary Jordan
When She Woke, Hillary Jordan
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When She Woke

Author: Hillary Jordan

Narrator: Heather Corrigan

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2011

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Hannah Payne awakens to a nightmare. She is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home. She is now a convicted criminal, and her skin color has been genetically altered. Her crime, according to the State of Texas: the murder of her unborn child, whose father she refuses to name. Her color: red. The color of newly shed blood.
 
 In Hannah’s America, sometime in the future, faith, love, and sexuality have fallen prey to politics. Convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated, but “chromed,” forced to appear in a new and sinister form of reality TV, and released back into the population. Stigmatized in a hostile world, they must survive the best they can.
 
 Until her arrest, Hannah had devoted her life to church and family. In seeking a path to safety, she is forced to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes the personal.

About Hillary Jordan

Hillary Jordan is the author of the novels Mudbound and When She Woke. Mudbound was an international bestseller that won multiple awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed Netflix film that earned four Academy Award nominations. Hillary is also a screenwriter, essayist, and poet whose work has been published in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, and Outside Magazine, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on March 30, 2012

I wish I could write two reviews for When She Woke, one for the first half of the book and another for the second. Unfortunately, this is not one of those books that I can say starts off not so good but finishes on a high note; on the contrary, the first half was one of the strongest dystopian o......more

Goodreads review by Will on December 28, 2022

Hillary Jordan has raised a red flag about how the powers of American religious extremism might change our world. Set in the not-too-distant future, When She Woke (WSW) is an update of The Scarlet Letter (TSL), accompanied by a healthy dollop of The Handmaid’s Tale (THT). Hillary Jordan- image from......more

Goodreads review by Hillary on October 04, 2011

"If you must read one book this year, make it WHEN SHE WOKE." —Hillary's mom......more

Goodreads review by Celeste on March 29, 2017

Warning: Due to the heavy religious tone of the book, this review is going to be religious in nature and will in large part be a discussion of my faith. If you’re offended by this, please feel free to skip reading this particular review. Some books disturb you psychologically. For authors like Ki......more

Goodreads review by Meghan on January 22, 2012

This book started out good, but was really just a poor man's A Handmaid's Tale. The final nail in the coffin was the contrived lesbian experience near the end- because gaining religious and social freedoms and becoming a feminist apparently changes your sexual orientation as well. 2 stars for the go......more