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.