Weep, Woman, Weep: A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings by Maria DeBlassie – Review by Tausha Treadway

Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Weep, Woman, Weep: A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings by Maria DeBlassie. I loved this book. It was such a deep, tragic story. Its the story of La Llorona which is a Mexican and Latin American folklore about a woman who is said to have drowned her children so she haunts the river banks wailing for her children. La Llorona is not going to get Mercy she is determined to not get bogged down like her friend Sherry did. It took her but its not going to take Mercy even when she tried to save her best friend it thought it got her but she survived. Her family is one sad story after another and Mercy is determined to break the generational curse. I really felt like this story was about the bounds of depression and trying to pull yourself out of the pit. I was rooting for Mercy thru the whole story and I think if all young girls are truthful you can see a bit of yourself in Mercy. This book is haunting, tragic and beautiful. I truly enjoyed it.

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