Pipher believes in a conflict between the true self and the false self. These conflicts or pressures come from the culture we live in. Pipher uses cases she has encountered during her time as a psychologist to illustrate her point. The use of real cases in laymen's terms makes this book very accessible and interesting. Reviving Ophelia's true brilliance is that it zeros in on the issues with which many young women struggle.
Adolescent girls come of age in a culture preoccupied with money, sex and violence.
I would also write about school violence.