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]

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

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.