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Surviving Ophelia: Mothers Share Their Wisdom in Navigating the Tumultuous Teenage Years Audiobook
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Insightful, heartfelt, and hopeful,Surviving Opheliais a must-read for any mother of a teenage daughter who has ever felt disappointed, alone, or afraid.
Raising a teenage girl can be overwhelming for the most important female figure in her life: her mother. From handling the often delicate situations surrounding academic performance, athletics, friendships, sexual activity, and drug and alcohol experimentation to instilling a healthy body image and providing a strong role model, mothers often feel alone in their struggle to cope with all that they must do for their daughters.
To provide the community that these women so desperately crave, Cheryl Dellasega has writtenSurviving Ophelia,a book of profound wisdom and compassion. Dellasega's own story of raising her teenage daughters is punctuated by the collective experience of hundreds of other mothers from all walks of life who have been there, in the trenches, experiencing and chronicling the daily joys and trials of raising their teenage girls.
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"As the mother of an Autistic daughter in the beginning stages of puberty, this book gives me hope that I will be able to weather the teen years with her, that my fears of how she will come through those years knowing she is different, are perfectly normal. "
— Andrea (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Thank you [Cheryl Dellasega] for showing mothers everywhere that we are not alone in our struggle to help our daughters. . . Surviving Ophelia is mesmerizing and the truth of its stories resonates.”
— Sue Wellman, President, The Ophelia Project -
“This courageous book offers clear insight and direction to mothers struggling with how to help their daughters restore their future while they reclaim their own lives.”
— Carol Maxym, co-author of Teens in Turmoil -
“[The selections] share a raw immediacy…there are lessons here that will help every mother dealing with an adolescent daughter.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“By describing her own heartbreaking experience and compiling the stories and poems of hundreds of mothers across the country, Dellasega paints a picture of lost teenage girls and their mothers’ fights to save not only their relationships, but often their daughters’ lives. The book succeeds because the mothers describe distressing times candidly and openly, not in hushed tones often used when relaying deep family issues.”
— Amazon.com Review
Surviving Ophelia Listener Reviews
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" recommend for all moms of teen aged girls "
— Sarah, 10/28/2013 -
" A fabulous book for educators! Especially those who work with teenage girls or have a teenage daughter... "
— Lorelai, 8/27/2013 -
" Didn't finish reading this for two reasons. First, the book was extremely sad but didn't offer much in the way of guidance, hope, or learnings. Second, the personal stories presented by different mothers did not seem to illustrate their intended points very well. "
— Jen, 6/29/2013 -
" an interesting change in perspective "
— Uma, 11/24/2012 -
" I give this to some of my parents - they then breathe a sigh of relief that what they are facing with their adolescent girl, though emotionally wrenching, could be so much worse. A compendium of "worse case scenarios" of adolescent angst. "
— Evie, 11/10/2012 -
" I was hoping for more helpful information. It was really just a book of collections of mothers venting. "
— Katie, 6/8/2012 -
" As the mother of an Autistic daughter in the beginning stages of puberty, this book gives me hope that I will be able to weather the teen years with her, that my fears of how she will come through those years knowing she is different, are perfectly normal. "
— Andrea, 2/17/2012 -
" Great book. Every mom should read this book if they have a girl. If I have a girl, I am reading it again and then crying about the long road I have ahead of me... 20 years isn't that long is it?? "
— Lisa, 1/20/2012 -
" Interesting read, but left me feeling so, so sad. "
— Jaime, 12/28/2011 -
" Not as striking as "Reviving Ophelia," of course, but I enjoyed it. "
— Stephanie, 9/19/2011 -
" For any parent/individual who deals with a teenage girl(s). "
— Lindsay, 6/12/2011 -
" Didn't finish reading this for two reasons. First, the book was extremely sad but didn't offer much in the way of guidance, hope, or learnings. Second, the personal stories presented by different mothers did not seem to illustrate their intended points very well. "
— Jen, 4/27/2011 -
" Interesting read, but left me feeling so, so sad. "
— Jaime, 10/4/2010 -
" I was hoping for more helpful information. It was really just a book of collections of mothers venting. "
— Katie, 6/3/2010 -
" Great book. Every mom should read this book if they have a girl. If I have a girl, I am reading it again and then crying about the long road I have ahead of me... 20 years isn't that long is it?? "
— Lisa, 9/1/2009 -
" A fabulous book for educators! Especially those who work with teenage girls or have a teenage daughter... "
— Lorelai, 2/17/2009 -
" I give this to some of my parents - they then breathe a sigh of relief that what they are facing with their adolescent girl, though emotionally wrenching, could be so much worse. A compendium of "worse case scenarios" of adolescent angst. "
— Evie, 11/8/2008
About Cheryl Dellasega
Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, is the author of five nonfiction books on issues affecting women and, as the founder of Club and Camp Ophelia, has helped diverse groups of girls confront and overcome relational aggression. She is a professor of humanities in the College of Medicine and professor of women’s studies at Penn State and lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
About Marguerite Gavin
Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. She has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children’s fiction. AudioFile magazine says, “Marguerite Gavin…has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion.”