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Family of victim – and killer – wants sentence commuted

1:32 During a visit to my local bookstore a couple weeks ago, a bookseller ushered me over to the nonfiction table and grabbed a copy of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad. “A Memoir of a Life Interrupted” was the subtitle. On the cover, a photo of the author and her terrier, Oscar, atop a goldenrod-colored Volkswagen bus. Hmmm, I dunno, I thought. But Anne, the bookseller, was insistent. It’s more than a medical memoir, she said. More than a book about surviving cancer. Then she tu...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Review of ‘Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir About Cancer and a Journey’ Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. ~Susan Sontag I read a lot of memoirs. I read a lot of memoirs about people with diseases. But when I read  Bet...

March 13, 2021 THE WASHINGTON POST – “Joy is a terrifying emotion, don’t trust it.” These are the words Suleika Jaouad wrote in her journal during a blissful post-college foray in Paris. As it turns out, her insight was prophetic. Soon a leukemia diagnosis split Jaouad’s life into two distinct parts: before and after. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted is a beautifully crafted account of this split, this rupture. Jaouad, who was 22 when she learned of her illness, d...

Beneath that anger, I was devastated. A year earlier, I was graduating from university and dreaming up plans – to be a foreign correspondent, to visit new and beautiful places. But instead, I was being thrown a very sad birthday gathering in an empty hospital waiting area. As my parents and a childhood friend sang and I blew out candles, I brooded: None of my plans are coming to pass. I fear they will never come to pass. Someone gave me a teddy bear as a gift, which sent me spinning back int...

Suleika Jaouad talks about “Between Two Kingdoms,” and Jason Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.

Strength and joy go hand-in-hand, and this week’s literary releases beautifully celebrate both. In certain parts of the country, we’re knee-deep in snow and ice, and finding the strength to feel even the littlest joy is quite difficult. But we’ve almost hit the halfway point of February, the days are getting longer, and we can almost see warmer days ahead. This week, Suleika Jaouad’s memoir Between Two Kingdoms gives readers an empathetic insight into one of the more challenging points...

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad Random House When Suleika Jaouad graduated from Princeton in 2010, she was considering a career as a war correspondent. Instead, within months, she was diagnosed with a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia. She quickly found herself fighting for her life in New York City cancer wards, where she was given a 35 percent chance of survival. Jaouad started writing about what its like to face a life-threatening illness...

When Silver Linings Don’t Cut It, Honesty Helps Credit...Bianca Bagnarelli By Chanel Miller BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS By Suleika Jaouad In March 2020, paper signs were taped onto cafe windows: “We are committed to flattening the curve, see you in two weeks!” Overnight, shelves emptied as humans squirreled away toilet paper rolls like nuts for a long winter. Our calendars were wiped clean, indefinitely blank. We worried each day that death would reach down its hand and pluck up a loved...

13 New Books to Watch For in February Show-business biographies of Mike Nichols and Tom Stoppard, environmental treatises by Bill Gates and Elizabeth Kolbert, debut novels of life online and more. Image Soon after graduating from college, Jaouad received an alarming diagnosis: Her unexplained rashes and fatigue were the result of an aggressive type of leukemia. Jaouad documented much of her chemotherapy and treatment in a column for The Times, and her book reflects on life after remission. A cr...