When She Woke - Hillary Jordan

Written by Hillary Jordan
Read by Heather Corrigan
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 10:47

Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family.

But after she’s convicted of murder, she awakens to a nightmare: she finds herself lying on a table in a solitary confinement cell, her skin turned bright red.

Cameras are broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing newly made “Chromes”—criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to reflect their crime—is a sinister form of entertainment.

Hannah is a Red, a murderess.

The victim, says the state of Texas, was her unborn child, and she’s determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.

A powerful re-imagining of “The Scarlet Letter”, “When She Woke” is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate a dystopian America.

In this not-too-distant future, the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned, but “chromed” and released back into the population to survive as best they can.

As she seeks a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith and love.

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“When She Woke” is a dystopian re-imagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”, set in a future theocratic America where criminals are punished by being “chromed”—having their skin color genetically altered to fit their crime—and released into the general population to survive as best they can.
● Wikipedia

Hillary Jordan channels Nathaniel Hawthorne by way of Margaret Atwood in this fast-paced, dystopian thriller. Unputdownable.
● Valerie Martin, author of ‘The Ghost of the Mary Celeste and Property’

Chillingly credible… holds its own alongside the dark inventions of Margaret Atwood and Ray Bradbury.
● NYT Book Review

A retelling of classic Hawthorne in which the heroine becomes literally a Scarlet Woman.
● Kirkus Reviews

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