When She Woke. A Novel

TitleWhen She Woke. A Novel
Year for Search2011
AuthorsJordan, Hillary(b. 1963)
Date Published2011
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Place PublishedChapel Hill, NC
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A reimagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. A Romance (1850) set in a future dystopia where the church dominates the state. A woman convicted of murdering her unborn child is genetically engineered so that she is red. Other crimes lead to other colors. 

Holding Institutions

PSt, Public

Author Note

Female author (b. 1963).

Full Text

2011 Jordan, Hillary (b. 1963). When She Woke. A Novel. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. PSt, Publiv

A reimagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. A Romance (1850) set in a future dystopia where the church dominates the state. A woman convicted of murdering her unborn child is genetically engineered so that she is red. Other crimes lead to other colors. Female author.