Aaisha Alvi is a postpartum psychosis awareness advocate. She volunteers with various maternal mental health organizations, including Postpartum Support International.

This moving and heartbreaking memoir is a compelling tale about a woman who experienced postpartum psychosis twice. As a result, she calls for increased awareness about the condition and advocates for treating it like the medical emergency that it is.

-- "Library Journal"

Aaisha Alvi's deeply moving, courageous account of post-partum psychosis should be required reading for anyone with a pregnant person in their life. Alvi deftly captures the gravity of this harrowing condition while still rendering the misunderstood, and often misdiagnosed, ailment with tenderness, compassion, and most importantly, hope.-- "Huda Al-Marashi, author of First Comes Marriage"

A Mom Like That is a brave and lyrical exploration of motherhood and mental health. In this remarkable book, the unspeakable is spoken and it is as terrifying as it is riveting. This is an important book that pulls you inside the experience of postpartum psychosis and has the potential to open minds about this devastating condition.-- "Susannah Cahalan, New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness"

A Mom Like That is not only a brave personal narrative, but a bold social commentary. Aaisha Alvi valiantly -- and eloquently -- offers her harrowing experience of postpartum psychosis in service of those without a voice to do so. Her struggle to receive appropriate care, despite pleading for it, is a profound example of the racial and cultural biases underlying contemporary disparities in maternal mortality. Her story provides a jarring example of how such high-functioning individuals can become so ill, and how isolating the experience can be.

-- "Julia Alzoubaidi, Ph.D., Perinatal Psychosis Program Manager, Postpartum Support International"

A story of resilience that simultaneously educates the reader ... an inspirational addition to the libraries of professionals who work with childbearing women, lay communities, and growing families.-- "Margaret Spinelli, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University"

This moving and heartbreaking memoir is a compelling tale about a woman who experienced postpartum psychosis twice. As a result, she calls for increased awareness about the condition and advocates for treating it like the medical emergency that it is.

Aaisha Alvi's deeply moving, courageous account of post-partum psychosis should be required reading for anyone with a pregnant person in their life. Alvi deftly captures the gravity of this harrowing condition while still rendering the misunderstood, and often misdiagnosed, ailment with tenderness, compassion, and most importantly, hope.

A Mom Like That is a brave and lyrical exploration of motherhood and mental health. In this remarkable book, the unspeakable is spoken and it is as terrifying as it is riveting. This is an important book that pulls you inside the experience of postpartum psychosis and has the potential to open minds about this devastating condition.

A Mom Like That is not only a brave personal narrative, but a bold social commentary. Aaisha Alvi valiantly - and eloquently - offers her harrowing experience of postpartum psychosis in service of those without a voice to do so. Her struggle to receive appropriate care, despite pleading for it, is a profound example of the racial and cultural biases underlying contemporary disparities in maternal mortality. Her story provides a jarring example of how such high-functioning individuals can become so ill, and how isolating the experience can be.

A story of resilience that simultaneously educates the reader ... an inspirational addition to the libraries of professionals who work with childbearing women, lay communities, and growing families.

Publisher: Dundurn Press

Pub date: 2024-09-24

Length: 272 pages