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Michener Anna J. <1977-> |
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Titolo |
Becoming Anna : the autobiography of a sixteen-year-old / / Anna J. Michener |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1998 |
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9786612646409 |
9781282646407 |
1282646400 |
9780226524047 |
0226524043 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Abused children - United States |
Psychologically abused children - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- ONE -- TWO -- THREE -- F0UR -- FIVE -- 5IX -- SEVEN -- EIGHT -- NINE -- TEN -- ELEVEN -- TWELVE -- THIRTEEN -- FOURTEEN -- FIFTEEN -- SIXTEEN -- SEVENTEEN -- EIGHTEEN -- EPILOGUE |
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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 |
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adolescents trapped in 'the system,' biding their time until their 18th birthdays. A candid and unstinting tell-all."-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."-Booklist "An important book, painful to read, but essential if other children in similar situations are to be saved."-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."-Choice "[Michener] emerges as a compelling and courageous advocate for children and their welfare-she'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."-Myree Whitfield, Melbourne Herald-Sun, cover story |
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UNINA9910957121403321 |
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Autore |
Ivanov Rainer D |
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Reading at risk : a survey of literary reading in America / / Rainer D. Ivanov |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, 2009 |
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Washington, DC : , : National Endowment for the Arts, , [2004] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (106 p.) |
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Collana |
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Education in a competitive and globalizing world |
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Books and reading - United States - Sociological aspects |
Literature - Appreciation - United States |
Books and reading - United States |
Books and reading - Social aspects - United States |
Literature and society - United States |
Arts surveys - United States |
Statistics. |
United States Intellectual life 21st century |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Results from the literature segment of the 2002 survey of public participation in the arts. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 10 key findings -- Introduction -- Literature participation in 2002 -- Factors in literary reading -- Trends in literature participation, 1982-2002 -- Summary and conclusions. |
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This title presents the results from the literature segment of a large-scale survey, the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the Census Bureau at the request of the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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