Front matter -- ONE -- TWO -- THREE -- F0UR -- FIVE -- 5IX -- SEVEN -- EIGHT -- NINE -- TEN -- ELEVEN -- TWELVE -- THIRTEEN -- FOURTEEN -- FIFTEEN -- SIXTEEN -- SEVENTEEN -- EIGHTEEN -- EPILOGUE
Summary
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
