Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst

Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst

"Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst" (1984) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger bother Sam.

Plot summary

Feeling in desperate need of psychotherapy, seventh-grader Anastasia buys a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud at a garage sale and consults him as her life takes a series of twists and turns. Freud remains enigmatic and unjudgmental as Anastasia's science project goes hopelessly awry and even her usually unflappable mother, Katherine Krupnik, loses her cool.

Other Books in this Series

*1979 "Anastasia Krupnik"
*1981 "Anastasia Again!"
*1982 "Anastasia at Your Service"
*1985 "Anastasia on Her Own"
*1986 "Anastasia Has the Answers"
*1987 "Anastasia's Chosen Career"
*1991 "Anastasia at This Address"
*1995 "Anastasia Absolutely"

Review

"With wonderful wit, emotional honesty and humor's saving grace, the Anastasia books artfully offer an education in understanding the world." --What's So Funny? Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature, by Michael Cart

External links

* [http://www.loislowry.com/ Lowry's website]
* [http://www.loislowry.com/ana_analyst.html Description from Lowry's website] , "loislowry.com"
* [http://www.loislowry.com/books.html Complete list of books by Lowry] , "loislowry.com"


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