She's Every Woman

• Published in: The Washington informer Vol. 43; no. 6
• Main Author: Wharton-Boyd, Linda
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C Washington Informer 30.11.2006
• Subjects: Campbell, Bebe Moore; Deaths; Families & family life; Neurological disorders; Personal profiles; Writers
• ISSN: 0741-9414

Raised in Philadelphia, [Bebe Moore Campbell] was the only child of [Doris Moore] and George Moore. Reared by her mother in a single family home, Bebe spent the school year in Philadelphia with her mother and the summer with her father in North Carolina. Her second book, 1989's "Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad," describes a father-daughter relationship as it flourished during the summer months when Campbell lived with her father and grandmother. Campbell was a successful author of four New York Times bestsellers: "Brothers and Sisters," "Singing in the Come Back Choir," "What You Owe Me" and "72 Hour Hold." She was also the author of the Los Angeles Times-best seller and New York Times notable book of the year, "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine," for which she won an NAACP Image Award for literature. Campbell's latest research and writing interests in mental health was motivated by a family member who was struggling with mental illness. The situation was the catalyst for her first children's book, "Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry," which was published in September 2003. This book won the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Outstanding Literature Award for 2003. Following her children's book, Campbell wrote the best seller "72 Hour Hold," a fictional story about a mother trying to cope with her daughter's bipolar disorder.