It's also a love story, but it is not romantic love that saves Jaouad. Yes, 'Between Two Kingdoms' is a cancer memoir. In the tension between health and sickness, past and present, a new balance must be forged. Jaouad is writing about a process, a back and forth. Chanel Miller, New York Timesĭelivering a hopeful message when we need it the most. Her sensory snapshots remain in my mind long after reading. ADAM GRANT, author of ORIGINALSĪ beautiful, elegant and heart-breaking book that provides a glimpse into the kingdom of illness. This is a stunning memoir, well-crafted and hard to put down. One of 2021's most highly anticipated new books. ELIZABETH GILBERT, author of EAT PRAY LOVE A deeply moving and passionate work of art, it's quite unlike anything I've ever read, and will forever be imprinted upon my heart. A story of her cancer journey on the surface, it goes beyond the clichés of 'inspiration', 'resilience' and 'courage' into the depth of her own pain and lost years, and also the spirits of countless strangers (sick and well) whom she meets along the highway of life and illuminates with rare generosity and grace. Suleika Jaouad's memoir is a work of breathtaking creativity and heart-stopping humanity. KATHRYN MANNIX, author of WITH THE END IN MIND Refinery 29Ī deeply touching account of learning to live in the now, because nothing else is promised.

'Inspirational' doesn't really cut it when you're talking about Suleika Jaouad. Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart, Abandon Me, & GirlhoodĬhanging the conversation about what it mans to thrive in the wake of illness and life's unexpected interruptions. TARA WESTOVER, author of EDUCATEDĪ stunning debut by a powerful new voice and required reading for every kind of survivor. Will resonate with anyone who is living a different life than the one they had planned. Drawing on Suleika's TED Talk, now with 4 million views, it illuminates universal questions about how we live, mourn, heal, grow up and begin again. When things don't go to plan, this is the book to reach for. We all face moments that bring us to our knees: heartbreak, trauma, illness. 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'. At 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. An Emmy-award winning writer's moving and inspirational memoir exploring what we can learn about life from a brush with death.Īt just twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival.

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