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Beyond two kingdoms5/9/2023 ![]() But for many who go through life-threatening illnesses, it’s just not that easy. It’s understandable to believe that once a person is cured, they are skipping and dancing out of the hospital fully ready to resume their life. She is consumed with fear - fear of the leukemia returning fear of losing the dear friends she made in the hospital to the illnesses that consume them fear of not being able to give herself fully in a relationship. While the first part of the book is about her illness and ultimate cure, the second part is about her struggles transitioning back into “life’. I found myself sighing out loud, my heart broken for all of them. The pain that she (and her family) endured going through this experience is unfathomable. ![]() She writes with such precision and detail that it’s sometimes difficult to read. Jaouad takes us through her experience of being sick - from her diagnosis to four years of chemo and a bone marrow transplant. After multiple trips to the doctor and hospital visits, she was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 23 and given a 35% chance of survival. Instead, she started experiencing unusual symptoms from unbearable itching to fatigue requiring six-hour naps and high fevers. ![]() Suleika Jaouad graduated from college, moved to Paris, fell in love and was on her way to becoming a war correspondent and realizing her dreams. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad ![]()
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