PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Mary Pipher has explored the influence of culture on mental health in five books, including the best sellers The Shelter of Each Other, Another Country, and the landmark Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, which spent 154 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town (Harcourt, 2002), explores the effects of globalization on American society. Dr. Pipher has traveled all over the world lecturing to students, health care professionals and community groups. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
A wise and compassionate book. --Washington Post Book World In Letters, Pipher comes across as more of a tribal elder than clinician, an empathetic observer offering solid advice that just happens to be supported by decades of research and experience. --Florida Times-Union Pipher's book just might be one of the most soothing books you'll ever read. --The Plain Dealer Giving advice seems to be second nature to her. --Kirkus Mary Pipher is a national treasure. Everyone, not just therapists, can benefit from this wise, compassionate, lovely book. --Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love Mary Pipher makes me proud to be a therapist. --William J. Doherty, author of Take Back Your Marriage Mary Pipher's tidy, cordial book is so crammed with spunk and wide-ranging wisdom I wish it were required reading for all three branches of government. Pipher has done what we want therapists to do--she's shared with us her love of life and hatred of cruelty and her hope for all of us. --Carol Bly, author of Beyond the Writers' Workshop Refreshing, informative and insightful. --Publishers Weekly What shines through the pages of this small book is Mary Pipher's abundant wisdom, rare compassion, simple courage, disarming charm, and outrageous simplicity. --Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly Writing with her usual grace, compassion and humility, Pipher once again proves herself to be a magnificent storyteller and a wise, trustworthy guide for our times. She speaks straight to the heart. --Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger
