Anna Begins is a pair of novellas, each about a girl and a boy, both seventeen years old. In the title story, Melissa has an eating disorder, an absent best friend, a disconnected mother, her first kiss, and is writing a story about all of it. The second story, "A Million Miles Up," is an upside-down accounting of teenage love. Scott and Elly try to navigate their junior year in high school.... (read more)