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#1 New York Times BestsellerThe groundbreaking work that poses one of the most provocative questions of a generation: what is happening to the selves of adolescent girls?As a therapist, Mary Pipher was becoming frustrated with the growing problems among adolescent girls. Why were so many of them turning to therapy in the first place? Why had these lovely and promising human beings fallen prey to depression, eating disorders, suicide attempts, and crushingly low self-esteem? The answer hit a nerve with Pipher, with parents, and with the girls themselves. Crashing and burning in a “developmental Bermuda Triangle,” they were coming of age in a media-saturated culture preoccupied with unrealistic ideals of beauty and images of dehumanized sex, a culture rife with addictions and sexually transmitted diseases. They were losing their resiliency and optimism in a “girl-poisoning” culture that propagated values at odds with those necessary to survive. Told in the brave, fearless, and honest voices of the girls themselves who are emerging from the chaos of adolescence, Reviving Ophelia is a call to arms, offering important tactics, empathy, and strength, and urging a change where young heart

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Author

Pipher, Mary Bray, author

Publisher

New York : Ballantine Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594481888

Category

education

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Sociology, Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (290 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14