Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst (1984) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger bother Sam.

Plot summary

Feeling in desperate need of psychotherapy, seventh-grader Anastasia buys a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud at a garage sale and consults him as her life takes a series of twists and turns. Freud remains enigmatic and unjudgmental as Anastasia's science project goes hopelessly awry and even her usually unflappable mother, Katherine Krupnik, loses her cool.

Other Books in this Series

• 1979 Anastasia Krupnik
• 1981 Anastasia Again!
• 1982 Anastasia at Your Service
• 1985 Anastasia on Her Own
• 1986 Anastasia Has the Answers
• 1987 Anastasia's Chosen Career
• 1991 Anastasia at This Address
• 1995 Anastasia Absolutely

Review

"With wonderful wit, emotional honesty and humor's saving grace, the Anastasia books artfully offer an education in understanding the world." --What's So Funny? Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature, by Michael Cart

External links

• Lowry's website
• Description from Lowry's website, loislowry.com
• Complete list of books by Lowry, loislowry.com