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Author Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama.

Title Willow weep for me : a black woman's journey through depression, a memoir / by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah.

Publication Info. New York : Norton, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  RC537 .D295 1998    Available  ---
Edition First edition.
Description 272 pages ; 22 cm
Physical Medium regular print
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Willow Weep for Me is the powerful 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. But eventually, she could no longer deny the debilitating sadness that interfered with her ability to care for her daughter, to pursue her career as a writer, and to engage in personal relationships." "This book is a testimony to the universality of the severity of depression in any culture. Danquah writes with brutal honesty as she confronts her traumatic childhood events - sexual abuse, neglect, and loss - that lie beneath her grief. This is not simply a memoir about depression, it is a meditation on courage and a litany for survival."--Jacket.
Subject Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama -- Mental health.
Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama.
Mental health.
Depressed persons -- United States -- Biography.
Depressed persons.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
Women.
Women.
African Americans.
African Americans.
African American women.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 9780393348750 (paperback)
039334875X (paperback)
0393045676
9780393045673