Between Two Kingdoms: What almost dying taught me about living

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA propulsive soulful story of mourning and gratitude - and an intimate portrait of one womans sojourn in the wilderness between life and death. TARA WESTOVER author of Educated__________We all face moments that bring us to our knees: heartbreak trauma illness. When things dont 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 Suleikas 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. __________Praise for Between Two Kingdoms: A work of breathtaking creativity and heart-stopping humanity. ELIZABETH GILBERT author of Eat Pray LoveA 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 MaladiesNo more doomscrolling. Read this book instead... Full of wisdom and resilience. ADAM GRANT author of Originals A deeply touching account of learning to live in the now because nothing else is promised. I loved it. KATHRYN MANNIX author of With the End in Mind Review Will resonate with anyone who is living a different life than the one they had planned. ―TARA WESTOVER author of EDUCATEDNo more doomscrolling. Read this book instead... Full of wisdom and resilience. ―ADAM GRANT author of ORIGINALSA deeply touching account of learning to live in the now because nothing else is promised. I loved it. ―KATHRYN MANNIX author of WITH THE END IN MINDSuleika Jaouads memoir is a work of breathtaking creativity and heart-stopping humanity. A story of her cancer journey on the surface it goes beyond the clichés of inspiration resilience and courage into the depth of her own pain and lost years and also the spirits of countless strangers (sick and well) whom she meets along the highway of life and illuminates with rare generosity and grace. A deeply moving and passionate work of art its quite unlike anything Ive ever read and will forever be imprinted upon my heart. ―ELIZABETH GILBERT author of EAT PRAY LOVEJaouad is writing about a process a back and forth. In the tension between health and sickness past and present a new balance must be forged. ―LA Times About the Author Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning writer speaker and theNew York Times Life Interrupted columnist. Her essays and reported features have appeared inThe New York Times Magazine andVogue. She is also the creator of The Isolation Journals a global movement cultivating creativity during challenging times.Between Two Kingdoms is her first book.