dining chairs
daughter of the queen of sheba a memoir
as an adult national public radio foreign correspondent jacki lyden has spent her life on the front lines of some of the worlds 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 doloress bizarre episodes marveling at her mothers 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 .
the journalist describes her work as a foreign correspondent and the close relationship she had with her mother who suffered from manic depression and was often deluded and convinced she was marie antoinette or the queen of sheba