Mary Pipher’s Followers (326)
Mary Pipher
Born
in Springfield, Missouri, The United States
October 21, 1947
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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
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1994
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8 editions
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Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
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2019
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16 editions
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Letters to a Young Therapist
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2003
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30 editions
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The Middle Of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community
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2002
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10 editions
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A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence
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Writing to Change the World
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2006
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13 editions
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Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
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2009
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12 editions
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The Shelter of Each Other
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2000
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19 editions
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Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
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1999
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16 editions
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The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture
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2013
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5 editions
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“When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their land and valuables, and respecting almost nothing about the native cultures. They lost the wisdom of the indigenous peoples-wisdom about the land and connectedness to the great web of life…We have another chance with all these refugees. People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better America…”
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“I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither.”
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“I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its women, which is that they be thin and nonthreatening. Anorexia signifies that a young woman is so delicate that, like the women of China with their tiny broken feet, she needs a man to shelter and protect her from a world she cannot handle. Anorexic women signal with their bodies "I will take up only a small amount of space. I won't get in the way." They signal "I won't be intimidating or threatening." (Who is afraid of a seventy-pound adult?)”
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