]> http://www.wisdomhunter.com/taxonomy/term/54/0 Mary Pipher, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and author of Hunger Pains: The American Woman Tragic Quest for Thinness, The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families, and Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders. en http://www.wisdomhunter.com/mary-pipher-biography <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><div class="flexinode-textfield-35"><div class="form-item"> <label>First Name:</label><br /> Mary </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-36"><div class="form-item"> <label>Last Name:</label><br /> Pipher </div> </div><div class="flexinode-image-37"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Image:</label><br /> <img src="http://www.wisdomhunter.com/files/mary_pipher.jpg" alt="Mary Pipher Biography" /> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-38"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Review:</label><br /> <p>Mary Pipher, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and author of <em >Hunger Pains: The American Woman’s Tragic Quest for Thinness</em>, <em >The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families</em>, and <em >Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders</em>. Her newest book is <em >The Middle of Everywhere: The Worlds Refugees Come to Our Town</em>. She has appeared on Today, 20/20, The Charlie Rose Show, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. She lives in Nebraska with her husband, Jim.</p> </div> </div></div> Authors Mary Pipher Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:49:28 -0500 http://www.wisdomhunter.com/reviving-ophelia <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-3"><div class="flexinode-textfield-17"><div class="form-item"> <label>Book Title:</label><br /> Reviving Ophelia </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-18"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Last Name:</label><br /> Pipher </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-19"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author First Name:</label><br /> Mary </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-20"><div class="form-item"> <label>Publisher:</label><br /> Ballantine Books </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-24"><div class="form-item"> <label>Year Published:</label><br /> 1995 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-14"><div class="form-item"> <label>ISBN:</label><br /> 0345392825 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-13"><div class="form-item"> <label>Book Review:</label><br /> <p>Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, we live in a look-obsessed, media-saturated, "girl-poisoning" culture. Despite the advances of feminism, escalating levels of sexism and violence--from undervalued intelligence to sexual harassment in elementary school--cause girls to stifle their creative spirit and natural impulses, which, ultimately, destroys their self-esteem. Yet girls often blame themselves or their families for this "problem with no name" instead of looking at the world around them. Here, for the first time, are girls' unmuted voices from the front lines of adolescence, personal and painfully honest. By laying bare their harsh day-to-day reality, <em >Reviving Ophelia</em> issues a call to arms and offers parents compassion, strength, and strategies with which to revive these Ophelias' lost sense of self.</p> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-27"><div class="form-item"> <label>Depth:</label><br /> 1 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-33"><div class="form-item"> <label>Tone:</label><br /> 1 </div> </div></div> Books Core Bookshelf Mary Pipher Healthy Relationships Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:40:11 -0500