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10 reviews
Mary Phd Pipher

Ballantine Books, 1997

Very true, very real, very helpful
I read this book after being discharged from the hospital for treatment of anorexia. More than any other book, "Hunger Pains" made me examine and question the way food, fat, obesity, and thinness are viewed in our culture. It empowered me to want to recover, and to change not only my own life but the society that produces such horrible diseases as anorexia and bulemia. Dr. Pipher is so ...

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

16 reviews
Mary Phd Pipher, Mary Pipher

Ballantine Books, 2002

Of a rare quality
I used this book, taken from a list provided, as the subject of a term paper for a college psychology class. This was about 3 years ago, and it still takes my mind to a place of deep thought and reveals new insights. This book was interesting to read, and the author discloses information (that is difficult to know of) in an objective manner which is not devoid of kindness and respect for all ...

The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families

20 reviews
Mary Bray Pipher, Mary, Phd Pipher

Putnam Adult, 1996

Timely and Important: A Must Read For All Parents
I picked up this book after reading the equally important "Reviving Ophelia." "The Shelter of Each Other" is an important guidebook on how to get your family back from the clutches of American junk media, job stress and day care. This book is ungently needed by any parent with factory farmed kids who spend their days with nannies, in day care, and in front of the tube watching garbage videos. ...