Willow Weep for Me : A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

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Summary: Joy
Review: A touching story of a woman's battle with clinical depression. For those who suffer with the disease will definitely be inspired to seek help in finding the joy of life deserved.

Rating:
Summary: Joy
Review: A touching story of a woman's battle with clinical depression. For those who suffer with the disease will definitely be inspired to seek help in finding the joy of life deserved.

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Summary: This was a great read
Review: After experiencing several bouts with depression throughout my 30s--I am now 38 and the daily battle continues, this book caught my attention from another message board. I checked it out from my local library and finished it within 2 days. I could so relate to the author. Her story was very poignant and I appreciated her honesty. While medication has not worked for me I am trying a daily balance of selfcare to work with my depression. This is a book I will buy. Continued success to the author, her family and circle of friends.

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Summary: Not as good as I thought it would be
Review: As an African American woman who suffers from a mental disorder, I picked up this book with a great many expectations, but was disappointed. Although it starts off strongly, the author rambles on and on, repeating the same things over and over again. None of the characters are particularly appealing or engaging. This could have been article, not a book. If you're still interested in reading it, save you money and get it from the library.

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Summary: Thank you for telling our story
Review: As I read through Danquah's story of her journey through depression, it was as if she was telling my story, and the story of my friends and sisters that suffer with depression. Finally, I felt that my daily struggle with dispair was not unique. If other Black Women have suffered from depression, experienced a variety of health care treatments, and survived to experience something better . . . than maybe so can I. Maybe I won't loose my job, my husband, my home, and my friends as I slide into my world of emptiness. There is hope. - A lawyer in Richmond, Virginia.

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Summary: Nurturing Love Unleashed
Review: As I thought about the title for my customer review, I tried to capture the essence of what this book meant to me.I just finished reading at about 6:00am and realized that I needed to find a way to pay homage to an incredibly brave, but even more compelling act of nurturing love that Meri Danguah unleashed to the world in her book debut. The book's cover photo is a precursing introduction to the love enveloped between the pages. Ms. Danquah's eyes peer out from a loving place of stability, forgivness, hope, strength, selflove, honor, humilty and a nurturing spirit of uncompromising depth and offering. Like the account she gives between the pages, her image confers to the beholder the assurance that the spirit within you can always rise up in an healing and sweet triumph. Meri Danquah's story is a precious gift for all who recognize the powerful human will to survive but yet simultaneously reach out to honor that same powerful will in others. I read her account of childhood abuse and constant painful struggle sometimes with tearful acknowledgement and reflection and at other times I read with a admiring respect for the person she is and continues to become. As a first effort, there are many parts of the book which could have transitioned more smoothly and other elements of the story which deserved more development and attention. However, her writing talent is clearly evident and the ability to pierce the place where the written word causes something to happen within is deftly at her command. Like many do now and will in years to come, I thank Meri Danquah for loving and giving of herself so that others too may find peace and comfort in their ability to receive it. We have met at AGAPE, A Religious Center of Truth, and there I first glimpsed Meri Danquah's power to love and confer healing. I encourage her and I look forward to the good this first book will bring to her and many,many others to come.

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Summary: wonderful prose, but uninteresting story
Review: As someone who has suffered from depression for as long as can remember, I believe the author failed to convey the absolute horror depression inflicts on the lives, family, and friends of sufferers. She writes so beautifully that I feel that she is mostly concerned with turning a phrase to showcase her skill as a writer. The 'dialogue' in the book seems stilted and planned. The characters seemed to fit to neatly into her narrative and real life is just not that way. While I am happy that she has been able to launch a literary career, her first effort has left me cold.

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Summary: Everything I Needed to Hear
Review: I am a sophmore in college and I could never imagine before I read this book that there were others out there like me who have suffered through depression for a good part of their lives. I felt Meri's story as if it were me because I have felt all of the same emotions many times at some point or another. Willow Weep for Me is helping me to see that although I am at the place Meri was in the depth of her depression, I too will survive and get out of it. Thank you Meri, for giving a little of the courage I need to beat this.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I bought this book and didn't want to read it at first. I thought it would be too sad. But I read it anyway. I am sure glad I did. This book gave me the courage I needed to go find help for my own depression. Thanks Meri.

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Summary: Insightful, Inspiring, and Beautifully written!
Review: I found this book in my college bookstore and couldn't put it down! I have been in therapy and on medication for many years and was able to relate to a lot of what Meri wrote about. It was refreshing to hear about depression in this format. I recommend this book for friends and family members of loved ones with depression, for all genders, races, nationalities, etc. who are or may be suffering from depression, and the professionals who work with them. Ms. Danquah does an excellent job describing a journey of pain, denial, discovery, acceptance, and empowerment.