Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self

“Shandler has done an admirable job of revealing the seriousness of teenage problems.” — Publishers Weekly

At age sixteen, Sara Shandler read Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, the national bestseller that candidly explored the unique issues that challenge girls in their struggle toward womanhood. Moved by Pipher's insight yet driven to hear the unfiltered voices of today's adolescent girls, Shandler yearned to speak for herself, and to provide a forum for other girls to do so as well.

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