Triumphing over depression

This memoir is an honest account of the actress, presenter, model and mother’s continuous battle with depression in a world where this mental condition is associated with people of a lighter hue.

The reader is introduced to how Bonnie Mbuli, the television star, was discovered and nurtured.

She shares the personal challenges traversed and overcome while moving in a star-studded circle of celebrities.

In an attempt to demystify depression, a number of wellknown personalities have come out with their personal stories regarding this mental condition. Henna will go down in history as one of the most brazen personalities to champion this cause.

Mbuli’s brutal honesty is at times uncomfortable. She opens up about her marital struggles and family dynamics. There is a fine balance as she also blissfully relates how her last name changed from Mbuli to Henna.

The grass is indeed not always greener on the other side as Henna finds out while trying to make ends meet in a foreign country on a foreign continent.

Eyebags and dimples are most certainly not something one would associate with a model and a revered television star, but the courageous Soweto-born Mbuli chooses to own them and continues to love herself despite these flaws.

This is a beautiful and honest rendition of total self-acceptance and love that encourages everyone to own everything about themselves, even eyebags and dimples. – Tshediso Makhele