Reviving Ophelia

Name: Reviving Ophelia
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ISBN: 9781594481888

ISBN-10: 1594481881

ISBN-13: 9781594481888

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mary Pipher

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The phenomenal #1 New York Timesbestseller. More than 1.5 million copies sold. Now available from Riverhead. This is the groundbreaking work that poses one of the most provocative questions of a generation: Why are American adolescent girls falling prey to depression, eating disorders, suicide attempts, and dangerously low self-esteem? Dr. Pipher posits that it's America's sexist, look-obsessed "girl-poisoning" culture-one in which girls are constantly struggling to find their true selves. In Reviving Ophelia, these girls' uncensored voices are heard from the front lines of adolescence. Personal and painfully honest, this is a compassionate call to arms, offering strategies with which to…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Saplings in the Storm



Theoretical Issues-For Your Own Good



Developmental Issues-"I'm Not Waving, I'm Drowning"



Families-The Root Systems



Mothers



Fathers



Divorce



Within the Hurricane-Depression



Worshiping the Gods of Thinness



Drugs and Alcohol-If Ophelia Were Alive Today



Sex and Violence



Then and Now



What I've Learned from Listening



Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom



A Fence at the Top of the Hill


Recommended Reading


Index


A Reader's Guide