Ophelia Speaks

Ophelia Speaks
AuthorSara Shandler
Emily Carmichael (essays)
LanguageEnglish
GenreAnthology
Published1999
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication placeUnited States

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self is a 1999 book written by Sara Shandler and published by HarperCollins.[1][2][3]

The book is an anthology of works by adolescent girls which spent eighteen weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List.[4] Salon's review singled out "Fight Girl Power" by Emily Carmichael as the best of the collection, praising the essay as a "sophisticated, painful, and amusing meditation on girl power."[5]

An unofficial sequel to the book was published in 2001, Ophelia's Mom written by Sara Shandler's mother, Nina Shandler, Sara Shandler wrote the foreword to Ophelia Speaks.

References

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  1. ^ Boyle, Alix (18 July 1999). "Life Through the Eyes of Teen-Age Girls (Published 1999)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10.
  2. ^ "Book Review: 'Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25.
  3. ^ CNN
  4. ^ Opehlia Speaks. NPR Talk of the Nation. (May 6, 1999). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Quart, Alissa (September 16, 1999). "Sells Like Teen Spirit". Salon. Retrieved May 6, 2013.