Michener, Anna J.

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"My grandmother says I destroyed my mother before I was even born." What does it mean for a child to hear sentiments like this from the family that is supposed to love her? What does it tell her about what kind of woman she can become? In Becoming Anna, a poignant and painful me…

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 adu…