Emotive, raw, and heartbreaking young-adult novel about overcoming past traumas through resilence and love. Relatable for teen and adult readers looking for a grittier update to Judy Blume or Jacqueline Wilson.‘Are you okay, Mummy? Did Daddy hurt you again?’Anne Mason’s childhood in Richmond emulates suburban bliss, with a wealthy father and a loving mother. But behind the polished windows, … mother. But behind the polished windows, Anne’s father terrorizes her mother, shattering their utopian home life with beatings and beer. Home-schooled on a diet of books and museums, knowledge becomes Anne’s only saviour.
One night her dad comes home with the news that her mother has left them forever. Unable to care for his daughter, Anne is sent to live with her kindly aunt and uncle. Struggling to settle into day school, Anne enrolls in Lakeland Boarding School. She meets and falls for gentle Karen, whose friends torment Anne and her troubled roommate Simone.
Forced to confront her traumatic upbringing, Anne learns the horrors of the past and present. Will love, hope, and inner strength prevail?
‘Anne’ is a powerful and dramatic YA tale about life, family and coming-of-age in and outside of London.
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In this heartbreaking coming of age story, we follow Anne Mason’s childhood through what looks like a picture perfect lifestyle is anything but. Anne’s father is a verbally abusive and alcoholic maniac. The only thing saving young Anne is the fact that she’s home-schooled as her books and trips to the museums plus her thirst for knowledge allows her to escape.
After her mom escapes the father’s abuse, Anne is sent to live with her aunt and uncle who are very kind to her. She’s enrolled in boarding school where she is struggling to fit in. Karen, her new friend, is in with the wrong crowd who picks on Anne and her roommate, Simone.
You can’t help but to wish Anne the best in this journey of this life of hers. The tale allows her to slowly overcome her past and the traumatic upbringing she had. Anne is the kind of character deserving of a happy ending in this saga of her life. You’ll find yourself wanting and wishing her a life of love, hope and strength as she does discover. Pick up this book and it’ll keep you entertained in this page-turner.
5 Star
Anne by Zarina Macha is a YA coming of age story that shows some of the usual issues teens face and have to come to terms with. My emotions were all over the place and once I started reading I couldn’t put it down. Anne comes from an abusive home where her father is an alcoholic and is abusive to her mother. When her mother up and disappears she is sent to live with her aunt. She ends up at boarding school and soon her past and her present collide. Can she find the hope and the strength to be able to survive? Find out what happens next in this must read. I can’t wait to read more from this Author.
Anne by Zarina Macha, is a YA coming of age story that shows the usual issues that teenagers have to face and come to terms with. Zarina writes about issues such as bullying and drugs, alcohol and suicide, sense of sexuallity and who you are, gender and many others.
Anne has to live in an abusive environment as her alcoholic father abuses her mother. When her mother up and disappears her father tells her she just walked away and sends her away to live with an Aunt which turns out to be the best for her.
Her writing style is easy to follow and easily captures the essence of being a teenager that would make this story a great read for them.
I loved this book. This is a young adult-adult coming of age that pulled me in right from the beginning. This is not my first book by this author but it is my favorite. This is a well written story that has characters that are developed and engaging. Anne comes from an abusive home growing up so when her mother leaves, she is sent to live with her aunt. She ends up at a boarding school where her past and present soon collide. Will she find the love, hope and strength to survive? This story took me on an emotional roller coaster which kept me turning pages. I loved watching Anne grow throughout the story. I highly recommend reading Anne’s story.