

Pipher emphasizes the importance of taking small, positive steps to preserve what’s important, drawing from her own experiences as part of a group fighting energy company TransCanada’s installation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline across the Midwest, which will sit atop the Ogallala Aquifer, the source of 40% of the United States’ fresh water. Now Pipher is back with another ground-breaking examination of everyday life, this time exploring how to conquer our fears about the major environmental issues that confound us and transform them into a positive force in our lives. In Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher offered a paradigm-shattering look at the lives of adolescent women.


This book is a deep and true gift."-Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth She knows why we avoid and deny the truth and she knows how we can heal ourselves and our communities even as we try to heal the earth. "Mary Pipher takes on our planet's greatest problems with the skills of a truly gifted therapist.
