A review by katrinky
Anastasia, Absolutely by Lois Lowry

3.0

ok several notes here -- this one, prob by nature of being written in 1995 instead of 1979, had some truly weird stuff about feminism. The mother of one of Anastasia's friends was recently left by her husband, a minister who started dating the lead soprano of the church choir. The mom responds by attending law school "to become a feminist lawyer," declaring all men pigs, cutting her hair, "dressing in genderless clothing," and stopping the use of deodorant "and always smelling sort of unpleasant."

Girl, same. But the book clearly treats it as a joke. There was also a passing reference to Anastasia's dad as "the master of the house" that made my face pucker. ALSO, what is this weird romantic tension between Anastasia and her teacher!?!?!?

Anyway, the lesson I learned is that Anastasia Krupnik outside the 70s is not the Anastasia Krupnik for me.