LEADER 04376nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910812025103321 005 20211027233146.0 010 $a1-282-64640-0 010 $a9786612646409 010 $a0-226-52404-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226524047 035 $a(CKB)111004366538986 035 $a(EBL)547712 035 $a(OCoLC)45732916 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133530 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058757 035 $a(PQKB)10714638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547712 035 $a(DE-B1597)535515 035 $a(OCoLC)748357244 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226524047 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547712 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395648 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL264640 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366538986 100 $a19980115d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming Anna$b[electronic resource] $ethe autobiography of a sixteen-year-old /$fAnna J. Michener 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-52401-9 311 0 $a0-226-52403-5 327 $tFront matter --$tONE --$tTWO --$tTHREE --$tF0UR --$tFIVE --$t5IX --$tSEVEN --$tEIGHT --$tNINE --$tTEN --$tELEVEN --$tTWELVE --$tTHIRTEEN --$tFOURTEEN --$tFIFTEEN --$tSIXTEEN --$tSEVENTEEN --$tEIGHTEEN --$tEPILOGUE 330 $aBecoming 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."-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 606 $aAbused children$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPsychologically abused children$zUnited States$vBiography 610 $achild abuse, violence, crazy women, gender, abusive family, survivor, memoir, biography, autobiography, nonfiction, mental institutions, foster care, home, belonging, recovery, affirmation, healing, psychology, abused children, safety, fear, pain, suffering, trauma, social services, welfare, committed, imprisonment, freedom, independence, coming of age, inspirational, hope, strength, overcoming. 615 0$aAbused children 615 0$aPsychologically abused children 676 $a362.76/092 676 $aB 700 $aMichener$b Anna J.$f1977-$01643741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812025103321 996 $aBecoming Anna$93989187 997 $aUNINA