Class and gender inequalities of 17th-century England and the state of medicine at the time are explored through the real and gripping story of Anne Greene, an innocent young woman who was hanged and presumed dead, but awakens on the dissection table. Alternate chapters are narrated by Anne and Robert, an Oxford medical student.
- ISBN: 9781596433557
- Author: Hooper, Mary
- Published: 2008 , Roaring Brook Press
- Themes: class inequality, Death, gender inequality, Pregnancy
- Descriptors: Awards, England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, USBBY Outstanding International Book, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 272