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Kim Jankowiak and Becca Brown, Manistee County Library
April 28, 2021
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1of11 Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad is a memoir of a young woman just starting out, only to be brought up short by a cancer diagnosis. After working so hard to survive, the author now tells her story on beginning to live again. (Courtesy photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Greg Bear s The Unfinished Land is the story of a young fisherman s apprentice who finds himself caught between humans and gods on a strange island. (Courtesy photo) Show MoreShow Less
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March 13, 2021
THE WASHINGTON POST – “Joy is a terrifying emotion, don’t trust it.”
These are the words Suleika Jaouad wrote in her journal during a blissful post-college foray in Paris. As it turns out, her insight was prophetic. Soon a leukemia diagnosis split Jaouad’s life into two distinct parts: before and after.
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted is a beautifully crafted account of this split, this rupture.
Jaouad, who was 22 when she learned of her illness, describes her three-and-a-half years of grueling treatment – chemotherapy, a clinical trial, a bone marrow transplant – with harrowing honesty. (Much of it she also shared in the New York Times series
Suleika Jaouad Does Not Want to Be Your Mountaintop Sage nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After Cancer at 22, What Comes Next?
In an excerpt from her new book ‘Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
,’ Suleika Jaoad recounts getting her life back after years spent battling cancer
. Courtesy of Suleika Jaouad
The hero’s journey is one of the oldest narratives in literature. Against all odds, the heroes persevere, becoming better, braver for their battle scars. Once victory has been secured, they return to the ordinary world transformed, with accrued wisdom and a renewed appreciation for life. Survivors, like heroes, have faced mortal danger and overcome impossible trials. For the past four years, as I’ve undergone treatment for leukemia after being diagnosed at age 22, I’ve been bombarded with this narrative, observing it in movies and books, fundraising campaigns and get-well cards. It’s hard not to traffic in such clichés when they’ve become so culturally embedded. It can be even harder not to internalize them, and to feel as if you hav