True Stories on Blogs

True Stories on Blogs
January 29th, 2008 by meijun

Many people have found their voices through blogs. People with stories to share, advice to give, or people who have no one to speak to, blog their thoughts to the world.

Anya Peters had a story, a story of how she was abused, became homeless, was forced to live in her car, and use hotel and hospital restrooms for her showers. One day, she went to the library and created a blog. With her first few entries, her story attracted many comments, and spread to more and more readers. A reporter was attracted to her blog, and Anya got her story published on the New York Times front page. Since then, she has been receiving a regular flow of emails from readers, and published her own biography, called “Abandoned: The True Story of a Little Girl Who Didn’t Belong”.

Reader’s Digest also carried an article about her in their February 2008 issue (see left picture).
Her story continues on her blog, Wandering Scribe.

Contributed by Ang Mei Jun, Librarian, Adult and Young People’s Services