Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad Random House
When Suleika Jaouad graduated from Princeton in 2010, she was considering a career as a war correspondent. Instead, within months, she was diagnosed with a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia. She quickly found herself fighting for her life in New York City cancer wards, where she was given a 35 percent chance of survival.
Jaouad started writing about what it s like to face a life-threatening illness at 22. During her incanceration â months in isolation to prevent infections â she documented her grueling treatments, first in a blog, then in a weekly column and videos for