Synopses & Reviews
MOTHERS TALK BACK!
In 1999 Ophelia Speaks, Sara Shandler’s collection of writings by and about adolescent girls, became a bestseller. Two years later, Nina Shandler, Ed.D., psychologist by profession and Sara’s mother, invited mothers of adolescent girls from all over the country to talk back, giving them the chance, perhaps for the first time, to speak out about feelings too often considered taboo.
Culled from written submissions and interviews with hundreds of women from all walks of life and from every part of the country, the concerns voiced in Ophelia’s Mom reflect the universal experience of mothers facing one set of changes while their daughters are facing another. With humor, insight, rage, sadness, jealousy, pride, joy, and, ultimately, optimism, these mothers talk candidly about rejection and separation, feminism versus Girl Power, love and sex, friends, school, drugs and alcohol, divorce, menstruation and menopause, the mother-daughter bond, and much more.
As these mothers reveal how this life passage has reshaped them as well as their children, you’ll realize that you’re not crazy, and you’re certainly not alone in your frustration, confusion, and exhilaration over raising an adolescent daughter.
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Reviving Ophelia and Ophelia Speaks explored the challenges teen girls face. In Ophelia's Mom, Nina Shandler continues the dialogue and lets mothers of teenage daughters speak out about feelings and struggles too often considered taboo.
"Why do I hurt so much when she pulls away?" "What did I do wrong?" "Are we ever going to be friends again?" The concerns voiced in these pages reflect the universal experience of mothers facing one set of life changes while their daughters are facing another. With humor, wisdom, rage, sadness, joy, and ultimately optimism, more than 100 mothers from all walks of life talk about rejection, separation, and bonding; feminism versus Girl Power; love and sex; friends; school; drugs and alcohol; divorce; menstruation and menopause; and much more. They reveal how this life passage transforms mothers as well as children, and let readers know that they are not alone.
Synopsis
MOTHERS TALK BACK!
In 1999 Ophelia Speaks, Sara Shandlers collection of writings by and about adolescent girls, became a bestseller. Two years later, Nina Shandler, Ed.D., psychologist by profession and Saras mother, invited mothers of adolescent girls from all over the country to talk back, giving them the chance, perhaps for the first time, to speak out about feelings too often considered taboo.
Culled from written submissions and interviews with hundreds of women from all walks of life and from every part of the country, the concerns voiced in Ophelias Mom reflect the universal experience of mothers facing one set of changes while their daughters are facing another. With humor, insight, rage, sadness, jealousy, pride, joy, and, ultimately, optimism, these mothers talk candidly about rejection and separation, feminism versus Girl Power, love and sex, friends, school, drugs and alcohol, divorce, menstruation and menopause, the mother-daughter bond, and much more.
As these mothers reveal how this life passage has reshaped them as well as their children, youll realize that youre not crazy, and youre certainly not alone in your frustration, confusion, and exhilaration over raising an adolescent daughter.