Teresa Wong

4.5 stars

Teresa Wong shares her honest and tender story of a Asian mom suffering through postpartum depression. It's told in black & white graphic novel format. Nothing fancy. Reading the book, I felt like someone listening to a close friend on the edge of a breakdown.

She has a quiet voice. In a world where I feel everyone is just trying to talk over each other.... It was comforting.

This graphic novel is a letter from mother to oldest child about the postpartum depression she suffered after Scarlet's birth. It's intensely sad and honest, and I imagine it will touch many women in the same situation. The black-line sketches are simple, almost as spare as stick figures, which effectively imparts the loneliness of Wong's journey.