Fynn

The sequel to 'Mister God, This is Anna', incorporating Anna's Book, reproductions of her own letters and writings.

Anna was four years old when Fynn, then only 16 himself, found her wandering round London’s Docklands one foggy night in the 1930s. Badly neglected and abandoned by her parents, he took her home to be cared for by his own family. The impact of this extraordinary child on Fynn, his friends and the people in their neighbourhood was to be immense. Nobody who met Anna could remain the same: this intelligent, lively, precocious chatterbox had an outlook on life which completely undercut adult pretensions and illusions. Anna’s influence continues today. Anyone dipping into her thought-processes falls under the spell of her luminous innocence, wisdom and intimate relationship with ‘Mister God’.

THE TOUCHING TRUE STORY THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF READERS AROUND THE WORLD Anna was only four years old when Fynn found her on London's fog-shrouded docks. He took her back to his mother's home, and from that first moment, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and to answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazed all who knew her. She seemed to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, the beauty of love. You see, Anna had a very special friendship with Mister God. . . .

Anna liebt - einfach alles. Und alle lieben Anna, diesen naseweisen Fratz, denn niemand weiß so gut wie sie, was das wirklich ist: Gott und die Welt, Menschen und die Liebe, das Lachen und die Angst, Freude und Trauer. 1974 erschien Annas Geschichte zum ersten Mal auf deutsch - und seither ist sie einem Millionenpublikum ans Herz gewachsen. Kein Wunder, denn dieses himmlische Buch ist ?eines der schönsten, anrührendsten, menschlichsten, heitersten, melancholischsten Bücher, das je erschienen ist!? (Die Welt)

Millionen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt haben sich von Annas kindlichen Weisheiten über die Dinge des Lebens, über die Liebe und das Lachen, die Freude und die Trauer anrühren lassen. Ein wundervolles Leseerlebnis.

Fynn took orphan Anna home to live with his mother. He spent much time listening to her stories of "Mister God" to whom she poured out her thoughts and troubles. This is the story of Anna's short life and the liberating effect she had on Fynn.

From the moment Anna and Fynn locked eyes, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. In her completely frank and honest way, Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and answer--life's largest questions, and to feel the purpose of being. You see, Anna had a very special friendship with Mr. God."Extraordinarily moving "PUBLISHERS WEEKLY