Cover of Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun

Book 1997

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun

4 readers

Publisher
New Society Publishers
Language
English
Published
1997
  • Self-perception in women
  • Young women
  • Case studies
  • Role models
  • Maturation (Psychology)

Making the transition into womanhood is a time of great potential, challenge, discovery, courage and confusion. Girls often face the journey alone, risking their sense of self and purpose along the way. Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun provides validation, support and vision through powerful and compelling autobiographical stories gathered from more than forty teenage girls, over half of whom participated weekly in a two-year focus group. By sharing themselves intimately on topics ranging from bulimia, anorexia, body image, peer pressure and terminal illness, to emp.