Reclaiming Our Daughters

Reclaiming Our Daughters What Parenting a Pre-Teen Taught Me About Real Girls

1st Seal Press Edition

Paperback (14 Mar 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Reclaiming Our Daughters (previously published as My Girl) offers a fresh and long-needed perspective on pre-teen and teen girls, one that finally brings a message of hope and optimism about girls today. 

Part memoir, part sociological examination, Karen Stabiner observes her daughter, Sarah, as she navigates her critical pre-teen years, a time when girls become adolescents and are rumored to become increasingly difficult and alienated. However, unlike most writing on the subject, Stabiner presents a well-rounded account of parenting a coming-of-age girl. She writes eloquently about societal pressures on girls and of her determination to be her daughter's advocate. This mother-daughter relationship is generally warm and close, though when it's difficult, as it inevitably is at times, Stabiner writes honestly about the challenges. In doing so, she unravels the bad-girl stereotypes we've all believed in for too long.

Reclaiming Our Daughters (previously published as My Girl) is both supportive and encouraging, written by a mother who cares about lifting our daughters up and providing them with the skills they need to become successful, strong, independent-minded women.

Book information

ISBN: 9781580052139
Publisher: Basic Books
Imprint: Seal Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Seal Press Edition
DEWEY: 306.87430973
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 267
Weight: 304g
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 18mm