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Title: Ophelia's Oracle
Author : Donna Denomme, Tina Proctor & Sue Lion
Release Date : January 16, 2009
Genre: Coming of Age,Books,Young Adult,Fiction,
Pages : * pages
Size : 14449 KB

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Ophelia’s Oracle is a delightful story of a 12-year-old girl who explores her emerging sense of self.... Ophelia is told ancient feminine stories by her grandmother and other caring and supportive women in her life, and through her own experiences, learns the relevance of these stories today. From Amaterasu, the sun goddess of Japan, she learns how to deal with the anger she feels when her younger brother almost destroys something she loves. From Rhiannon, the shape-shifting Celtic goddess, she begins to trust her self-knowing, the deep intuition that guides her actions no matter what others say about her. Inspired by the story of Kuan Yin, the Chinese goddess of compassion, she reaches out to other people who are different from her, by sacrificing her own needs to extend a helping hand. And from the feisty Artemis, Greek goddess of the woods and protector of women, she begins to explore her role as an earth guardian, and learn about the sisterhood of women which extends beyond space and time.

Through these feminine wisdom stories and some difficult experiences with her friends and family, she learns to love and appreciate her mixed cultural heritage.

Girls can see themselves in Ophelia. Moms, aunts, teachers and mentors like to share the the activities and probing questions included in this book. Women love this book too, for the transformational material has moved many women to share and talk to their own friends and mothers in a new way. Ophelia’s Oracle is a book that men, too, can share with their daughters, as a positive father-daughter relationship is modeled in the endearing story.

The creative full-color design by inspirational artist, Sue Lion, is partnered with drawings by girls themselves. Girls' sayings, notes, lyrics and poems enhance and enliven the text. There is girl power everywhere in this book!

"What a beautiful book! Ophelia's Oracle is a gift of power, self-esteem, and light to any young woman." -Fawn Germer, corporate speaker and best selling author of Hard Won Wisdom and Pearls.

"I would have given anything for a book like this growing up, especially in junior high school.... It is the ultimate conversation between a child and a mentor for life learning experiences." -Pamela Davis, mother of four girls.

"My daughter, who is 25 but very shy, and I read through Ophelia's Oracle because it was a great place to discuss the common barriers who both had in becoming women of power and assurance.... Going through the book together helped us move our relationship from mother-daughter (me instructing, her receiving) to women moving side-by-side in life.... In fact now, whenever my daughter has something on her mind to discuss, she asks me for some "OO" time." -Janet Rhodes, former book store manager