Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: a Memoir
by Lyden, Jacki
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- ISBN 13
- 9780395765319
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As an adult, National Public Radio foreign correspondent Jacki Lyden has spent her life on the front lines of some of the world?s most dangerous war zones. As a child, she lived in a war zone of a different kind. Her mother, Dolores, suffered from what is now called manic depression; but when Jacki was growing up in a small Midwestern town, Dolores was simply called crazy. In her manic phases, Dolores became Marie Antoinette or the Queen of Sheba, exotically delusional and frightening, yet to young Jacki also transcendent, even inspiring. In time, Jacki grew to accept, even relish, Dolores?s bizarre episodes, marveling at her mother?s creative energy and using it to fuel her own. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and lyrical, this memoir of a mother-daughter relationship is a testimony to obstinate devotion in the face of bewildering illness.
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- Title
- Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: a Memoir
- Author
- Lyden, Jacki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395765315
- ISBN 13
- 9780395765319
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS JOURNALISTS BIOGRAPHY MANIC DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS MENTALLY ILL MOTHERS DAUGHTERS WOMEN ADULT CHILDREN DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS MOTHERHOOD LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES JOURNALISM
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