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Daughter of the Queen of Sheba

By: Jacki Lyden
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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' 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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I have more than a passing obsession with public radio and when I first heard of NPR reporter and host Jacki Lydon's autobiography about her tumultuous relationship with her mentally ill mother, I primarily wanted to learn more about how she started working in radio. But The Daughter of the Queen of Sheba offers much more than a "how I got here" window on the life of this interesting woman. Lydon's mother suffered from manic-depression and resisted medication for many years, frequently leaving Jacki and her sisters to fend for themselves. Inspite of how depressing it sounds, this book was a funny, rich, and sensitive portrayal of a difficult mother-daughter relationship and of living with a person who is mentally ill. (Kerry, Producer of Original Programming)

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