Ophelia Speaks
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| Author | Sara Shandler Emily Carmichael (essays) |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Published | 1999 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publication place | United 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.
