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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
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SOLVED: Non-Fiction > SOLVED. Self-help book about sexual abuse [s]

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message 1: by Mateo (last edited Feb 10, 2016 11:26AM) (new) - rated it 1 star

Mateo R. (teoentrelibros) | 24 comments Today I remember another book I read when I was a kid. This was one that I was not supposed to read, my mom had bought it for my older sister (she was starting to go to a lot of parties and my mother was really scared of something bad happening to her: I suspect this book was a way of scaring her/making her know the dangers of the world). But I took it and read it anyway when no one was seeing.
Anyway, the book was written by a woman, and I think she was some kind of psychiatrist/psychologist (don't know what's the appropiate word in English here) who specialized on treating girls that had been sexually abused.
I remember the book shocked me a lot because of the events described. Btw I was 10 or 11, so this must have been around 1999 or 2000.
If I recall correctly, the book was divided on chapters and each chapter covered the experience of a girl, the techniques used by the woman to try to heal them, and reflections from the author about the case, society, etc.
I remember two cases: one, the most shocking of them all, was about a girl who went to party and when she was coming home alone on the street, 4 boys picked her up forcefully and raped her in their car and left her on the street (one of the boys was pretty shocked about what his friends where doing and refused to rape her but didn't stop them either. The guys were saying that she wanted it because she was dressed like a slut). When she came back home she hid the fact from her family first, but later she told them. By the end of the therapy one of the things the author made her do was to write a pretend letter to her rapists in whichthe girl decided to "forgive" the guys (of course they never knew who they were) in order to let go of the burden and be able to go on with her life.
The other story I remember was about a young blond girl that went to the house of a friend and when she was alone with her father he touched her.
It was quite the fearmongering book.
I don't remember much else right now, but it may come to me later.

The book was most probably from USA. I read the Spanish edition, but all the names were in English.


message 2: by Kris (last edited Dec 12, 2013 07:51AM) (new)


message 3: by Kris (last edited Dec 12, 2013 07:53AM) (new)


Mateo R. (teoentrelibros) | 24 comments I think it was the first one! At least the cover looks really familiar. Thanks for your help!


message 5: by Kris (new)

Kris | 54882 comments Mod
Your welcome. Hope that's the one. :)
You can view the book's Table of Contents on Amazon, which might trigger some memories.


message 6: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44894 comments Mod
I think this should be in Nonfiction.


message 7: by Sadie (last edited Feb 10, 2016 10:31AM) (new)

Sadie | 1 comments I think the book you're thinking of is called "Reviving Ophelia: Saving The Selves of Adolescent Girls" by Mary Pipher. She is a therapist and discusses the challenges adolescent girls face in today's culture. Each chapter provides a "case study" of various issues and the one concerning rape is of a young girl by a gang. Ms. Pipher then recounts the therapy process for her.

Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

Here is the link for it on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Reviving-Opheli...


Mateo R. (teoentrelibros) | 24 comments That's actually it! I'm totally sure now. I'll see if I can edit the post title. Thanks!


message 9: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44894 comments Mod
Book shelved. (The [s] at the end means the book is on the group shelf.)


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