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  • Willow Weep for Me
  • Written by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
  • Format: Trade Paperback | ISBN: 9780345432131
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Willow Weep for Me

A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

Written by Meri Nana-Ama DanquahAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

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Synopsis

Synopsis

This moving memoir of an African-American woman's lifelong fight to identify and overcome depression offers an inspirational story of healing and emergence. Wrapped within Danquah's engaging account of this universal affliction is rare and insightful testimony about what it means to be black, female, and battling depression in a society that often idealizes black women as strong, nurturing caregivers. A startlingly honest, elegantly rendered depiction of depression, Willow Weep for Me calls out to all women who suffer in silence with a life-affirming message of recovery. Meri Danquah rises from the pages, a true survivor, departing a world of darkness and reclaiming her life.
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Praise

"Absorbing and inspirational . . . A vividly textured flower of a memoir that will surely stand as one of the finest to come along in years."
--The Washington Post

"Meri Danquah has written an important and moving memoir. She describes beautifully her experiences with depression and provides a unique and compelling account of her life. Willow Weep for Me is not only a lovely book, it is a powerful one."
--DR. KAY REDFIELD JAMISON
   Author of An Unquiet Mind

"SEDUCTIVE, LYRICAL, DESCRIPTIVE PROSE . . . Miss Danquah and the other black women, whose lives she charts in her book, have decided they can't wait to be rescued. . . . They have embraced each other and begun to seek healing. . . . Willow Weep for Me is a powerful lens."
--Washington Times

"A very important text. Danquah has shed light on a serious problem within the African American community. Her memoir might just save a few lives."
--E. ETHELBERT MILLER
   Director, African American Resource Center,
   Howard University

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