{"product_id":"when-she-woke-9781616201937","title":"When She Woke","description":"\u003cp\u003eBellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel, \u003ci\u003eWhen She Woke\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of a stigmatized 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 crimes--and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJordan, Hillary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hillary Jordan is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMudbound\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eWhen She Woke\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), as well as the digital short \"Aftermirth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMudbound\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2006 Bellwether Prize, founded by Barbara Kingsolver to recognize socially conscious fiction, and a 2009 Alex Award from the American Library Association. It was the 2008 NAIBA Fiction Book of the Year and was long-listed for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named it one of the Top Ten Debut Novels of the Decade. \u003ci\u003eMudbound\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into French, Italian, Serbian, Swedish, and Norwegian, and the film version is forthcoming in fall 2017. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen She Woke\u003c\/i\u003e was long-listed for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Award finalist. It has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Chinese complex characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jordan has a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, and Muskogee, Oklahoma, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635221958930,"sku":"9781616201937","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_185ead9f-8e1f-4261-baf3-e8b24f1e93b4.jpg?v=1732838128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-she-woke-9781616201937","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}