Becoming Anna [electronic resource] : the autobiography of a sixteen-year-old / Anna J. Michener.
By: Michener, Anna J.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Description: 1 online resource (256 p.).ISBN: 0226524043 (electronic bk.); 9780226524047 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Michener, Anna J., 1977- | Abused children -- United States -- Biography | Psychologically abused children -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.76/092 | B Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Epilogue.
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.
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