![]() Jaouad’s honesty, humor, and humanness shine through her words, and offer invaluable insight for anyone who has ever had cancer, cared for anyone with cancer, or interacted with anyone who has cancer. ![]() She bravely reflects, with the vision of hindsight, how her fear and isolation led her to place unreasonable demands on her loved ones and the ways her relationships suffered. Jaouad, a lifelong diarist, spares no detail and invites the reader fully into her experience. “Between Two Kingdoms” offers an intimate view into what it means to come face to face with your mortality at such a young age, the nitty-gritty truth of just how debilitating cancer treatment can be, and the emotional toll of having your life halted just when it was getting started. ” Her writing and the accompanying videos went on to win an Emmy and resonated with thousands of readers.įast forward 10 years: It spoils nothing to reveal that Jaouad did survive the cancer in her 20s, and now has written a book revealing a more in-depth look at what that experience was like for her. She faced years of intense chemotherapy and a grueling bone marrow transplant, and in the midst of all of this, started writing a column in the New York Times called “ Life, Interrupted. ![]() ![]() At the young age of 23, Jaouad was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and given a 35% chance of survival. ![]()
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