Thread: New Leaf Nominations for April 2019 • The Way I Heard It: Retellings
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Old 03-07-2019, 01:39 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post

I finished Anastasia. It has an interesting structure, alternating the story of Anna Anderson going backward in time from her old age, with the story of Anastasia and her family's imprisonment going forward till the shootings. I found a lot of the early Anna parts (meaning the story of her later life trying to prove her claim) a bit uninteresting, but the suspense builds as the two timelines begin to converge.
I can't imagine anyone doesn't know, but just in case I've added spoiler tags since I'm commenting on the real Anna Anderson.

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I think my issue with Anna Anderson is that it was more fun when it was just possible that she was Anastasia, however unlikely. But now that DNA evidence has scotched her claim forever I don't see the point. However, I imagine the book has to take that into account - not just the DNA evidence, but that you start the book knowing she's fraudulent. A story you'd love to be true, though.
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