Reviving Ophelia
by Mary Pipher
The 1994 landmark on adolescent girls losing themselves to culture's pressures, through case stories from Pipher's practice. Dated in specifics, enduring in insight; a 25th-anniversary edition updates it.
Read it if…
you want the classic on teenage girls' inner lives.
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Skip it if…
you want the current social-media landscape; see The Anxious Generation.
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Three things you will actually use
- Adolescence is a cultural hurricane.
- Girls need protected space.
- Listen before advising.
Do this first
Read the case stories and ask your daughter one open question tonight.
Our verdict
The classic on teenage girls.
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