rating 54,133 Ratings A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of healing and self-discovery. Between Two Kingdoms is the result.ĭrawing on Suleika's TED Talk, now with 2.9 million views, it illuminates universal questions about how we live, mourn, heal, grow up and begin again. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad 4.40 avg. It interrupts you mid-laugh when you’re at a party, chastising you that, just for a moment, you’ve forgotten. It fills your chest with shards of glass. It comes in the night and rips you from your sleep. And so she set out to meet some of the strangers who had written to her about their experiences of life, death, healing and recovery in response to her Emmy-Award winning New York Times column, 'Life Interrupted'. Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted 46 likes Like Grief is a ghost that visits without warning. She became patient 5624.Īt twenty-seven, and celebrating her first year of remission, Suleika realized that, having survived, she had no idea how to live. For five years her world comprised four white walls, a hospital bed, fluorescent lights, tubes and wires. When things don't go to plan this is the book to reach for - an inspirational memoir about what the struggle to survive teaches us about how to live.Īt just twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival. We all face moments that bring us to our knees - heartbreak, trauma, illness. An Emmy-award winning writer's moving and inspirational memoir exploring what we can learn about life from a brush with death.
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