American Dream

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>After forty-two years wrongfully confined in a state institution for developmentally disabled people Anna Olson is finally free. However physically leaving the restrictions of institutional life didn't mean it gave up its grip on her.   </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Anna finally got her lifelong dream of moving to Minneapolis. Once there she was terrified by the same thing she wanted for so long-her freedom. Every new situation was a challenge. Managing a checking account using the city bus and meaningful work were all stressful experiences for the fifty-seven-year-old.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>With the help of a social worker her landlady and her best friend Janice Anna freed herself from the post-traumatic stress that sometimes paralyzed her. The years passed and a more self-assured Anna began to grow from the ashes that used to be her life. The book draws to a close and the most exciting parts of Anna's life are finally known. American Dream along with American Genes and American Isolation tells the unique life story of Anna Olson.</span></p>