Foreword / Sara Shandler -- Backstage moms (A supporting role -- In the wings) -- Into adolescent territory (Blood and tears -- Mirror images : hormones, body shapes, and skin conditions -- Frozen affections -- Passing storms -- Limits of power) -- Disarmed bodyguards (The culture of school -- The influence of friends -- The quest for love -- Sex : the carnal consequences -- The lure of intoxication : Alcohol and drugs -- The edges of emotion : depression and eating disorders -- Minding the body : illness and disease) -- Tied in family knots (Fathers and husbands.
Daughters and sisters -- Broken homes -- Legacies : from generation to generation) -- Transitions and transformations (Holding on to values -- Pushed into self-discovery) -- Into the limelight (On to a new stage).
|
