Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345418784
Publish date: October 1st 2002
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 370
Edition language: English
Why are there no reviews yet??Once I get my hands on this book and read it through, I promise to leave a review. It won't be much, but it'll be something.
Thought-provoking, careful, cogent observations designed to open our eyes and help us to see the difficulties our current reality is causing in young women. I don't think we can open this book and not be gripped by the truth Dr. Pipher is pointing out. She's like the child who observed the Emperor h...
This book is highly recommended in "How to Talk to your Child about Sex" by the Eyre's, which I have read and reviewed ( http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81152970 ), so I have queued it up for reading. *************************************This book is a good companion book to read with "Packagi...
I had a daughter, of course I was going to read it. But I didn't love it: Pipher's snippets don't actually lead to the kind of social change that will help all women. It's more about understanding individuals, which is nice, but leaves the same mess for someone else to deal with.
15 years ago
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