Suleika Jaouad "Between Two Kingdoms"
We all face moments that bring us to our knees: heartbreak, trauma, illness. When things don't go to plan this is the book to reach for - an inspirational memoir about what we can learn about life from a brush with death.
At
just twenty-two, on the cusp of adult life, Suleika Jaouad was
diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival. For
the next five years, her world comprised four white walls, a hospital
bed, fluorescent lights, tubes and wires. She became patient 5624. At
twenty-seven, and celebrating her first year of remission, Suleika
realized that, having survived, she now had no idea how to live. And so
she set out to meet some of the many 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'. Between Two Kingdoms
is the result. Drawing on Suleika's TED Talk, now with 4 million views,
it illuminates universal questions about how we live, mourn, heal and
grow up, and what it means to begin again.
Hardback, 368 pages