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Reviving Ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls / Mary Pipher, Ph.D., and Sara Pipher Gilliam.

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"In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to reframe the national conversation about what author Mary Pipher called "a girl-poisoning culture" surrounding adolescents. Fas...

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Main Authors: Pipher, Mary Bray (Author), Gilliam, Sara Pipher (Author)
Other title:Saving the selves of adolescent girls.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York City : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Edition:Riverhead 25th anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Psychology.
Teenage girls > Family relationships.
Self-esteem in adolescence.
Girls > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Girls > United States > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (Mary)
  • Introduction (Sara)
  • 1. Saplings in the Storm
  • 2. False Selves, True Selves
  • 3. Developmental Considerations
  • 4. Then and Now, 1959-2019
  • 5. Families: The Root Systems
  • 6. Mothers
  • 7. Fathers
  • 8. Divorce
  • 9. Depression and Self-Harm
  • 10. Anxiety
  • 11. Worshipping Thinness
  • 12. Drugs and Alcohol
  • 13 Sex and Violence
  • 14. What I've Learned from Listening
  • 15. Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
  • 16. A Fence at the Top of the Hil
  • Afterword: Thriving in the Age of Disruption
  • Recommended Reading.

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