Anna: American Journey

by Deanna J Bennett

Overview

When 15-year-old Anna and her mother see the Statue of Liberty from their steerage class porthole in March 1914, their immigration journey from Lithuania is not over. Anna faces a medical challenge ont Ellis Island. As they continue their travels, she experiences how people distain, fear and prey on immigrants. On the train to Chicago Anna discovers a terrifying secret that puts the lives of hundreds of innocent people at risk and also endangers her own life. This is the second in the "Anna" immigration trilogy. The first is Anna: Going to Amerrica (2013)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499682311
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/29/2014
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Deanna J. Bennett has been writing since she was 8 years old, but it wasn't until she was in her 20's that she had her first publications. Since then she has published management, technical, travel and fine arts articles, short stories, and two novels. She leads the East Lake Writers Workshop, a critique group she founded in 2004. In addition to the "Anna" immigration trilogy, the first mystery novel in a "Murder in the Museum" series is pending publication.
Deanna has a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago, and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. After a career managing military research and development, she now devotes her time to writing and performing with her husband in their acting business.

This book is the second in a fiction trilogy based on her grandmother's immigration that started with Anna: Going to America.