Mary Pipher, Ph.D., is the author of the number-one New York Times-bestselling Reviving Ophelia, as well as The Shelter of Each Other, Another Country, The Middle of Everywhere, and Letters to a Young Therapist. She was a Rockefeller Scholar, and received the American Psychological Association's Presidential Citation. Currently, she is a visiting professor in both the English and Psychology departments at the University of Nebraska.
To appreciate this audio, the listener has to overlook an underlying paradox: Pipher believes that the success of her bestsellers (Reviving Ophelia and other pop psychology books) has destroyed her personal life. But by buying yet another one of her books, now we can help her-and ourselves-thanks to the author's brand of Buddhism lite. Kymberly Dakin is relentlessly cheerful and pleasant, clear and upbeat, even as she narrates some of Pipher's darkest moments enduring five-star hotels and major television appearances. (Is Dakin winking at the listener?) Her up-tempo approach adds greatly to the story, though her performance skills need improvement; for instance, Zeke, Pipher's son, sounds like a boy when he is a grown man. A Riverhead hardcover (Reviews, Jan. 29). (Feb.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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