Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad

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4.7 stars from 15,731 reviews. One of the highest rated Memoir books we track.

360 pages~6 hr readPublished by Transworld Publishers LimitedPublished 2020-01-01

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  • You've experienced a major health crisis or life interruption and need to see someone articulate what recovery actually feels like, not just the triumph narrative.
  • You're drawn to beautifully written, introspective memoirs that treat illness as a lens for understanding identity and time.
  • You appreciate narratives about rebuilding when the finish line isn't really the finish line.

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  • You want a straightforward medical journey story with clear chapters of diagnosis, treatment, and cure wrapped up neatly.
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  • You prefer lighter reads and find detailed accounts of hospital life and grief emotionally exhausting.

About this book

In the summer after college graduation, Suleika Jaouad was preparing to enter adulthood. She had fallen in love, moved to Paris, and dreamed of becoming a war correspondent. At twenty-three, she was diagnosed with leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. She lost her job, apartment, and independence, spending the next four years largely in a hospital bed while writing a column for The New York Times. She underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy, a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant. When doctors declared her cured, Jaouad discovered that survival was only the beginning of healing. After 1,500 days focused solely on staying alive, she faced a new challenge: learning how to live again. She embarked on a 100-day, 15,000-mile road trip across the country with Oscar, a terrier mutt, to meet strangers who had written to her during her hospitalization—including a teenage cancer survivor, a grieving teacher, and a death-row inmate. Through these encounters, she explored what it means to recover and reenter the world, discovering that the boundary between sickness and wellness is fluid and that most people move between these states throughout their lives.

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