Mister God, This Is Anna
Anna Fynn

9.14

Rating: 9.14 | Votes: 14

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- Anna, Mister God and the Black Knight
- Anna and Mister God
- Anna and the Black Knight
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- The Little Prince

Submitted by: NightWizard from Canada
I would be a fool to believe every statement in the book as a true event, but then I might also be just as foolish to dismiss the very real possibility that Fynn took in and cared for a real child in the 1930's, the world was a very different place back then as the author pointed out, I don't have a problem with that, nor the idea that she had red hair, very common among children of the UK, a beaten 4yo will tend to shy away from adults of the same sex as adults who had abused them and gravitate towards those of the opposite sex, there are little girls who hate men, true! There are also little girls who hate woman and love men, I've seen that for myself, the book as I see it might be at least as true as the Bible, do you really think that God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, He might have killed off all the dinosaurs I suppose, no of course not, but just because the Bible is not a blow by blow, round by round running commentary of events doesn't mean that there are hardly any true events in it, there may also be percentage wise at least as high a number of actual events in the Mister God book!

Submitted by: Anna (yes, really !) from New Zealand
I first read this years ago as a teenager and loved it, believing eveery word.

Now, older and more cynical, I have doubts about whether it can all be true. Anna seems amazingly articulate and well-informed for someone of her age and background. Fynn has an extraordinary memory for conversations 30 years on. Why wasn't Anna taken to a hospital after the accident ?

The book seems too good to be true, and if it is only based upon fact, then that should be acknowledged.

I also find the use of 'Mister' rather irritating and Anna just a little too much. I should perhaps not have read it again !

Submitted by: MB from Washington, DC
Received A Gift!
Mr. God, This is Anna, is the best gift that anyone found in there heart to give. I received it from a very super special friend. I would always speak about my son's insight on God, and how unique that a child's insight is. Oh so pure. And according to Anna, a whole lot more common sense and thought out. My great friend always finds a way to send blessing! To everyone one else REALLY A MUST HAVE. I want to gift it to all of my friends, church members, family. It is very worth the special order if that is what you have to do.

Submitted by: Doug from New York, USA
Anna's comments, observations and faith are all touching. The book drags a bit in the middle - with the explanations of math and other school issues. Nevertheless it is a refreshing innocent portrayal of a child-like faith. May we all have such faith.

Submitted by: Alanna from GLasgow, Scotland
I first came across this book when my stepfather gave me it when i was about eight years old...i think he bought it at a charity shop or something. I was quite a sophisticated reader at that age but it took me a while to get through the really difficult text. I read it again in my mid teens and found it just as challenging. When I opted to use the book for my Literature Study for my Higher exams i was totally gobsmacked when my teacher laughed at me infront of the whole class for choosing what he described as a primary three book. The guy had obviously read the title and the first page and decided the book was easy...what a twat because it really is a great book.

I was a troubled little girl but i found so much strength in that little girl and her views of the world i think have helped shape my own.

Who is Fynn, why isnt there a second name? does anyone know anything about him.

This book is possibly one of the best books ever written and its sadly under read. trust me READ IT!

Submitted by Unknown
This is one of the loveliest books I have ever read. I first met this book about 20 years ago and the innocence, joy and creativity of "Anna" still delights.

Submitted by Unknown
A book that will show you how simple life could be. Read it with an open heart and you'll find it's secrets!

Wonderful
Review written by: Jannette Graetz From Utah, USA
This is one of my favorite books ever. Anna is a delightful little girl with a most tragic background, but she has all she needs to go back home! This book is simply wonderful.

mister god
Review written by: Maria G. Heng From poughkeepsie, ny, usa
A life-changing, heart-opening, mind-expanding story. I highly recommend it. I was dissappointed with my order though - the books were in perfect condition but in an unusual size - very small making the book hard to read - and the paper is not of good quality. I don't feel i got great value for money with this purchase.

True in the sense that fairy tales are true
Review written by: Jeanine R. Pinkney From Pacific northwest USA
This is a nice fairy tale, but no more true than Rousseau's Emile or Kipling's The Jungle Book. I've known many five year olds, including some very gifted ones, but Anna simply doesn't ring true. Her short stature, mysterious origins, and bright red hair all suggest that she is a figment of "Finn"'s imagination, in the tradition of stories of "the wee folk". In fact, Finn is a frequently used pseudonym of Celtic folk tales, somewhat like "Mother Goose" is the authoress of English folk tales. The words "a true story" emblazoned on the front left a bad taste in my mouth, like I'd been conned. Somewhere in the book there is a mention that "all fairy stories are true" and I realised that this was the author's disclaimer. This is a good story, but the author's sly attempt to pass it off as literal truth taints it all. Had it been presented frankly as inspirational fiction, like "The Little Prince", it would have gone over a lot better, without the bitter aftertaste.

A Struggle
Review written by: Richard D. Graves From Florida
I hate to begin a book and walk away from it without finishing. I did read the entire book but found it real struggle to hang in there.

Mister God, This is Anna-not inspirational writing about God
Review written by: Nathaniel Hawthorne From Massachusetts
This story was written in 1944, and published in 1975
by William Collins Publishers in London. The author
who had written is anonymous. The author had a nervous
breakdown.

A 19 year old man finds an abused and beaten 4 year old girl
and takes her home to his family. He lives with his mother
and other orphans that he has taken in. Although he is said
to have a kind and maternal mother, and young girls in the
house, the little girl sleeps with him, which would be considered
abnormal for a man and a non family member to sleep with a child. If the
little girl needed comforting then she would be in the mom's room or in the other children's room.

The 19 year old man also takes her out at night to visit the street and
homeless people.

I don't see this as a harmless little book about God. I see it
as story of child abuse. The little girl lived until the age
of seven, and died of a fall. It's tragic and questionable.

It is not inspirational writing about God. If you are looking
for inspirational writing then read the lives of the saints.