Pipher, Mary Bray. <br/><br/>
Reviving Ophelia :  saving the selves of adolescent girls / 
Mary Pipher. 
 - 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Riverhead Books,  2005, c1994. 
 - 304 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 -- Fence at the top of the hill -- Recommended reading -- Index -- Reader's guide. 
<br/><br/> Describes the psychological pitfalls faced by teenage girls growing up in a dangerous world in which violence, sexual harassment, eating disorders, promiscuity, and drug use have become the norm. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1594481881 9781594481888 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Teenage girls--Psychology--Case studies.<br/>Teenage girls--Family relationships--Case studies.<br/>Self-esteem in adolescence--Case studies.<br/>Self-esteem in adolescence.<br/>Teenage girls--Family relationships.<br/>Teenage girls--Psychology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 798  / .P57 1994