Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls write about their search for self

by Sara Shandler | Health, Mind & Body | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060952970 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingDove-i-Libriwing of Cape Coral, Florida USA on 8/13/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by wingDove-i-Libriwing from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
From Publishers Weekly:
... Inspired by Mary Pipher's 1994 bestseller Reviving Ophelia, which shed new light on the problems of contemporary female adolescence, Shandler, currently an undergraduate at Wesleyan University, set out to give voice to the real Ophelias, America's teenaged girls — herself included. Just 16 years old when she started this project, Shandler enlisted the help of hundreds of educators, counselors, pastors and administrators to find other girls who wanted to write about the issues most important to them. Ranging from problems with body image and self-mutilation to difficult relationships with parents and other family members, to intense academic pressures, the book is organized by subject and includes entries from dozens of girls across the country. We see girls in distant communities facing similar struggles as they attempt to navigate the pressured and competitive world of adolescence. Judging from the hundreds of contributions Shandler received, the issues these girls raise are weighty ones that our whole society needs be concerned about. Many of the girls write in an intensely personal style, but their concerns should not be written off as diary angst. Shandler has done an admirable job of shaping the disparate pieces into a disturbing mosaic that reveals the seriousness of teenage problems ...
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Found on the sharing shelf at Starbucks. I was going to just tape the binding, register the book towards our "push for 1,000 books registered," and release it back onto the shelf; But then I got caught up reading some of the journal entries and personal writings, and decided to hang onto it until I finished it. Will be released soon.

Released 15 yrs ago (10/1/2008 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK, Meet-Up in Fort Myers, Florida USA

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RELEASE NOTES: Sent to TAAZA in Madison, WI via media mail. She was the winner of oi-reader's Happy Day RABCK! Happy Traveling, Book! Happy Reading, Taaza! And, oh, by the way? SURPRISE!

Journal Entry 3 by taaza from Madison, Wisconsin USA on Monday, October 6, 2008
Received from DoveiLibri for the Happy Day RABCK contest. This is truly a happy day! This looks interesting - thanks DoveiLibri!

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