Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
Description
The first book to focus on black women and depression, seen through the personal journey of a young black woman's descent into despair. Meri Danquah, a "working-class broke," twenty-two-year-old single mother, began to suffer from a variety of depressive symptoms after she gave birth to her daughter, which led her to suspect that she might be going crazy. Understanding the importance of strength in a world that often undervalues black women's lives, she shrouded herself and her illness in silence and denial. "Black women are supposed to be strong―caretakers, nurture...
ISBN(s)
0393045676, 9780393045673
