Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: a Memoir - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Lyden, Jacki
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- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395765315
- ISBN 13
- 9780395765319
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395765315 . A very beautiful first edition/first printing, SIGNED and dated ("9/28/97") by author Jackie Lyden on the half-title page; This memoir of the foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, is a mother-daughter story of the most deeply moving kind. Jacki Lyden recalls her calamitous childhood with a child's aching regret and an adult's keen wisdom. Daughter of the Queen of Sheba, a compelling tale of two women with a scrappy genius for survival; 8vo; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
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 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Lyden, Jacki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395765315
- ISBN 13
- 9780395765319
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Movie Movies Journalists Biography Manic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Signed Biography; Science / Medicine;
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