Writing to Change the World by Mary Pipher
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, Another Country, and The Shelter of Each Other comes an inspirational book that shows how words can change the world.Words are the most powerful tools at our disposal. With them, writers have saved lives and taken them, brought justice and confounded it, started wars and ended them. Writers can change the way we think and transform our definitions of right and wrong.
Writing to Change the World is a beautiful paean to the transformative power of words. Encapsulating Mary Pipher's years as a writer and therapist, it features rousing commentary, personal anecdotes, memorable quotations, and stories of writers who have helped reshape society. It is a book that will shake up readers' beliefs, expand their minds, and possibly even inspire them to make their own mark on the world.
Mary Pipher has written five books about the impact of culture on mental health, including the best-sellers The Shelter of Each Other and Another Country, as well as the groundbreaking Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Teenage Girls, which lasted 154 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Arrive to Our Town (Harcourt, 2002), looks at how globalization has affected American society. Dr. Pipher has lectured to students, health care professionals, and community organizations all around the world. She currently resides in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781594489204 |
| ISBN 10 | 1594489203 |
| Title | Writing to Change the World |
| Author | Mary Pipher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Year published | 2006-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 236 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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