Ophelia Part 1

Polly’s story:

Dr. Pipher opens Her book with “Polly’s story” – Her childhood remembrance of a vibrant, tomboyish, outspoken, take-no-prisoners Girl who hit the invisible brick wall of puberty and found that that role, though tolerable for a Girl, was not acceptable for a Woman.

So after some struggle, Polly became what society expected – fashion-conscious, demure, watching from the sidelines as the boys did the thinking and speaking -- a different person entirely.
“I was the only one who mourned the loss of our town’s most dynamic citizen,” Pipher writes.