Author | Hillary Jordan |
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Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Algonquin Books (US) HarperCollins (UK/Canada) |
Publication date | October 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 344 |
ISBN | 978-1-56512-629-9 |
When She Woke is a science fiction novel by American author Hillary Jordan, published in October 2011. It has been translated into French, Spanish, Turkish, German, Portuguese and Chinese. The novel is a dystopian reimagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, set in a future theocratic America where rather than being imprisoned and rehabilitated, 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.