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Article: Jacki Lyden's memoir about her mother's manic depression is uplifting.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- October 8, 1997
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Though ``Daughter of the Queen of Sheba'' (Houghton Mifflin, $24) is touted as a book about manic depression, it's not depressing. Actually, it's uplifting.
Perhaps that's because Jacki Lyden's mother, Dolores, wasn't really manic depressive. Only manic. Her lows were never that low.
And depending on your perspective, her highs could be seen as a lot of fun. For her, anyway.
Not so much fun, though, if you're a daughter whose mother one day wraps herself in silky yellow sheets, draws hieroglyphics on her arms with eyeliner, places a tiara on her head, and announces to her three daughters that she is the Queen of Sheba and is bequeathing ...