Depression and Other Difficult Circumstances

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Depression and Other Difficult Circumstances by Fatima Mandsaurwala

About the book

Depression and Other Difficult Circumstances is a raw and deeply personal collection of poetry that explores the emotional weight of surviving what most people only whisper about. Through themes of mental illness, trauma, abuse, heartbreak, divorce, and the quiet trials of motherhood, Fatima Mandsaurwala offers a voice to pain that is often silenced. With language that is both tender and unflinching, these poems confront the darkness head-on—sometimes grieving, sometimes raging, but always searching for light. This collection doesn’t promise neat endings or quick healing; instead, it offers recognition, solidarity, and the quiet comfort of knowing you’re not alone. This is a book for those who have felt undone by life and are slowly, bravely stitching themselves back together.

About the author

Fatima Mandsaurwala is a writer, teacher, and mother whose poetry gives voice to the often unspoken experiences of mental illness, trauma, motherhood, heartbreak, and healing. With a background in education and a deep compassion for the complexities of being human, her work is rooted in honesty, empathy, and emotional truth. Depression and Other Difficult Circumstances is her third poetry collection, following Every Hue and Pieces of Us—both of which explore themes of identity, love, loss, and the many shades of personal transformation. When she’s not writing or teaching, Fatima is most at home in the quiet, tender moments of motherhood and in the healing stillness between words.