Pastel M. reviewed on 7/12/2011 + 8 more book reviews

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'All 500 boys want to go out with the same 10 anorexic girls at my school'
'If I'm having a bad day, teachers and kids tell me to smile. I've never heard them say that to a guy.'
'My best friend has a family and I don't.'

Why are more adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders,addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than 20 years, we live in a look-obsessed, media-saturated, 'girl-poisoning' culture.
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, 'Reviving Ophelia' issues a call to arms, and offers parents compassion, strength, and strategies with which to revive these Ophelias' lost sense of self.

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