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Though most Harvard women (and any male Anastasia fans) likely left their Lowry collections at home, Cambridge is full of Anastasia landmarks. Mr. Krupnik was an English professor at Harvard and one of Anastasia’s major childhood traumas involved relocating from Cambridge to the character-less suburbs. If Anastasia didn’t stay 13 years old forever, however, Lowry speculated that she might have matriculated to the University of Hawaii (but that wouldn’t have been her choice) or more probably to Berkeley. “I would have to make it interesting...
Lowry’s books are not all so heavy, however—after all, she is also well known for a distinctly lighter side, fondly remembered for the Anastasia series of nine books that detail the misadventures of 10- to 13-year-old Anastasia Krupnik. Lindsey D. Cameron ’05, who read the Anastasia books, says she wanted to be just like the spunky heroine. “I remember in one book, Anastasia placed a personal ad looking for a perfect husband (even though she was 12) and I thought that was so cool...
...Anastasia books, while certainly silly and fun, allow girls to connect with a peer who is optimistic, even though the early teens are a difficult stage in life. “I felt like Anastasia was very similar to me,” Cameron says. “She was going through an awkward phase and I felt like that too, but she was also so quirky and odd and upbeat and I could also identify with that...
...also looked up to the young mischief maker. “I just thought she was really cool because even though she never listened to her parents it always worked out okay,” Simon reminisces. “I was never really good at being bad, so Anastasia was kind of a role model for me – something to aspire to. When I suggested buying gerbils and breeding them like Anastasia did in one of her books, my parents were not quite as thrilled with my choice of heroines...
Simon continues, “Even today, Anastasia is still overwhelmingly cool. Just take a look at the cover of Anastasia Ask your Analyst, my favorite book, and you’ll see that she’s wearing Pumas, my favorite brand of shoes! Anastasia and I just connect on so many levels...