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. I loved it.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. For five years her world comprised four white walls. 'A deeply touching account of learning to live in the now, because nothing else is promised. At just twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival. Full of wisdom and resilience.' ADAM GRANT, author of Originals 'A beautiful, elegant and heart-breaking book that provides a glimpse into the kingdom of illness.' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies 'A work of breathtaking creativity and heart-stopping humanity.' ELIZABETH GILBERT, author of Eat Pray Love 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. 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'. At twenty-seven, and celebrating her first year of remission, Suleika realized that, having survived, she now had no idea how to live.

For the next five years, her world comprised four white walls, a hospital bed, fluorescent lights, tubes and wires. 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.Īt just twenty-two, on the cusp of adult life, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival.

We all face moments that bring us to our knees: heartbreak, trauma, illness. 'A propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude - and an intimate portrait of one woman's sojourn in the wilderness between life and death.' 'Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted' by Suleika Jaouad (Random House), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound Suleika Jaouads 'Life.

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