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Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old

Anna J. Michener

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Description:Becoming Anna" is the poignant memoir of the first sixteen years in the life of Anna Michener, a young woman who fought a painful battle against her abusive family. Labeled crazy girl for much of her childhood, Anna suffered physical and emotional damage at the hands of the adults who were supposed to love and protect her. Committed to various mental institutions by her family, at sixteen Anna was finally able to escape her chaotic home life and enter a foster home. As an effort toward recovery and self-affirmation as well as a powerful plea on behalf of other abused children, Anna wrote this memoir while the experience was fresh and the emotions were still raw and unhealed. Her story is a powerful tale of survival. A teen's raw, in-your-face chronicle of events almost as they were happening. As such, it's unforgettable. . . . Michener's story gives voice to the thousands of children and adolescents trapped in 'the system, ' biding their time until their 18th birthdays. A candid and unstinting tell-all.OCo"Kirkus Reviews" Extraordinary. . . . Michener's expressive writing does justice to a topic that is clearly very disturbing to her personally and communicates a profoundly important message on behalf of all abused and neglected children.OCo"Booklist" An important book, painful to read, but essential if other children in similar situations are to be saved.OCo"Library Journal" An innocent child's account of 16 years in hell and of the terrible wrongs inflicted on children who are without rights or caring advocates.OCo"Choice" [Michener] emerges as a compelling and courageous advocate for children and their welfareOCoshe's a young writer with an extraordinary voice."Feminist Bookstore News" Quite simply one of the best, most compelling, well-written autobiographies published in years. . . . Remember the name. We have not heard the last of Anna Michener.OCoMyree Whitfield, "Melbourne Herald-Sun," cover storyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old. To get started finding Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 262

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226524043

Description: Becoming Anna" is the poignant memoir of the first sixteen years in the life of Anna Michener, a young woman who fought a painful battle against her abusive family. Labeled crazy girl for much of her childhood, Anna suffered physical and emotional damage at the hands of the adults who were supposed to love and protect her. Committed to various mental institutions by her family, at sixteen Anna was finally able to escape her chaotic home life and enter a foster home. As an effort toward recovery and self-affirmation as well as a powerful plea on behalf of other abused children, Anna wrote this memoir while the experience was fresh and the emotions were still raw and unhealed. Her story is a powerful tale of survival. A teen's raw, in-your-face chronicle of events almost as they were happening. As such, it's unforgettable. . . . Michener's story gives voice to the thousands of children and adolescents trapped in 'the system, ' biding their time until their 18th birthdays. A candid and unstinting tell-all.OCo"Kirkus Reviews" Extraordinary. . . . Michener's expressive writing does justice to a topic that is clearly very disturbing to her personally and communicates a profoundly important message on behalf of all abused and neglected children.OCo"Booklist" An important book, painful to read, but essential if other children in similar situations are to be saved.OCo"Library Journal" An innocent child's account of 16 years in hell and of the terrible wrongs inflicted on children who are without rights or caring advocates.OCo"Choice" [Michener] emerges as a compelling and courageous advocate for children and their welfareOCoshe's a young writer with an extraordinary voice."Feminist Bookstore News" Quite simply one of the best, most compelling, well-written autobiographies published in years. . . . Remember the name. We have not heard the last of Anna Michener.OCoMyree Whitfield, "Melbourne Herald-Sun," cover storyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old. To get started finding Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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