The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town - Hardcover

Pipher, Mary

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9780151006007: The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151006008 ISBN 13: 9780151006007

Publisher: Harcourt Brace International, 2002

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The Middle of Everywhere moves beyond the headlines, into the hearts and souls of refugees as they seek sanctuary in a foreign land. Pipher shows us the effects of trauma on identity, perceives the characteristics of strong people who survive terrible events and go on to build better lives. These are the lessons to be learned from the people in this book: a better understanding of who we are, and a richer understanding of where we are.

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Review:

PRAISE FOR "REVIVING OPHELIA""An important book . . . Pipher shines high-beam headlights on the world ofteenage girls."--"Los Angeles Times""Mary Pipher's "Reviving Ophelia" has the combination just right. [She] offers commonsensical, unthreatening solutions. Readers find Ophelia both heartbreaking and exhilarating."--"Time"PRAISE FOR "THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER""Mary Pipher is that rarity in these days of culture wars: She can talk about values without self-righteousness. She reclaims some common sense in the dialogue about family."--"The Seattle Times""A canny mix of optimism and practicality gives Pipher's fans a way to resist theworst of the culture around them and substitute the best of themselves."--"Newsweek"PRAISE FOR "ANOTHER COUNTRY""[The] combination of cultural and psychological factors is this excellent book's greatest strength. . . . She is especially acute at spotting pressure points where culture, both past and present, collides cruelly with individual emotional needs."--"The Washington Post""Packs an emotional wallop . . . [Pipher] writes about the very topics, the veryfears, that many readers have dodged their whole lives."--"Houston Chronicle"

From the Back Cover:

Pipher unites refugees, people who have
fled some of the most oppressive regimes in the
world, with all of us. . . . Pipher is taking
this moment to teach us un-American behaviors:
Patience, manners, and tolerance.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been our source of wisdom,
helping us to better understand our children, our elders, and
ourselves. Now she gives us the tools to connect with the newest
members of the American family-refugees.
Orphans from southern Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing
Afghanistan and Vietnam: they arrive here daily with nothing but
the desire to experience the American dream. Their endurance in the face
of tragedy and their ability to hold on to the essential virtues of family,
love, and joy are a tonic for all Americans.
The Middle of Everywhere moves beyond the headlines to help us
understand the struggles of the refugees who live around the corner or
down the street from us. Working in schools, social service agencies, and
homes as a cultural broker, teacher, and therapist, Mary Pipher has
opened our eyes-and our hearts-to those with whom we share the future.
Mary Pipher, Ph.D., is the author of three bestselling
books, including Reviving Ophelia, a New York Times
bestseller for more than two years. She has received an
American Psychological Association presidential citation
and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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