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When She Woke

Hillary Jordan

Hardcover | Pages: 344 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 25543 Users | 4331 Reviews

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Original Title:	When She Woke
ISBN:	1565126297 (ISBN13: 9781565126299)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Lesbian General Fiction (2012), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2011)

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When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who 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.

Bellwether Prize Winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel is the fiercely imagined story of a 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 crime - and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder.

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Title	:	When She Woke
Author	:	Hillary Jordan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 344 pages
Published	:	October 4th 2011 by Algonquin Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Adult

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Ratings: 3.67 From 25543 Users | 4331 Reviews

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I really loved this book. Not only was the plot compelling and fast-paced, but the issues explored in the story (abortion, religion, justice, feminism, individualism, etc) were pretty thought-provoking. The author also did a fantastic job creating complex, believable, intensely human characters. Hannah's personal development through the course of the novel in particular was well done. Great read, highly recommended.

When she woke, she was red. Forget The Handmaids Tale and even Stephen Kings books, this was one of the scariest books Ive ever read.This should in of itself be hilarious, because I dont usually get scared by dystopian books. So why should this be any different? Because the world the author created was so freakishly realistic in where America is headed in terms of politics, especially with the arrival of the new president (that shall not be named). Its basically what would happen if the far

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 youre offended by this, please feel free to skip reading this particular review. Some books disturb you psychologically. For authors like King and Koontz and Barker, that psychological fear is their bread and butter, and many of us will pay good money to be frightened. But then there are the books that disturb you on a moral level. A

Cautionary tale about separation of church and state. As is KEEP THEM SEPARATE. Much like Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale this book is set in a future where a super STD has rendered most women sterile & Roe vs. Wade has been appealed. Except When She Woke is actually a retelling of the The Scarlet Letter. Instead of a big, red "A" Hannah Payne (ahem, Hester Pryne) is tinted red for having had an abortion after her famous + married boyfriend, Pastor Aiden Dale (ahem, Reverand Dimmesdale), gets

A nice, slightly young adult-ish novel. Are adult writers becoming more juvenile or young adult writers becoming more sophisticated? I guess it doesn't matter either way; this book is still interesting despite its slight superficiality. The concept of people being turned different colors based on the crimes they're convicted of is fascinating, but strangely it isn't as much of a big deal as you'd expect. While I appreciate that Jordan doesn't ram her heroine's redness down your throat, I

"When she woke, she was red. Not flushed, not sunburned, but the solid, declarative red of a stop sign."So begins When She Woke, the gripping near-future story of Hannah Payne who pays for her crime of aborting the foetus in her womb by being sentenced to sixteen years as a Chrome. Blending the religious fervour and moralising of The Scarlet Letter with the chilling dystopian repression and tight control of The Handmaid's Tale, Jordan has created a very human story, one about love and loyalty,

WHEN SHE WOKE By Hillary JordanIf THE HANDMAIDS TALE and THE SCARLET LETTER were to have a child it most certainly would be this wonderful book, WHEN SHE WOKE. This well written book captures you with the opening scene of a young woman lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown while being televised to millions of homes.Hannah Paynes life had been devoted to church and family all her life until she shared a fierce and forbidden love with a very public figure. When she became