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Između dva kraljevstva: Kako me smrt naučila živjeti by Suleika Jaouad
6 reviews
vanesst's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Infertility, Suicide, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
lcg527's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Drug use
aargot1's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol
kelly_e's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Title: Between Two Kingdoms
Author: Suleika Jaouad
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 5
Pub Date: February 9 2021
T H R E E • W O R D S
Vulnerable • Human • Inspiring
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Between Two Kingdoms is a deeply moving memoir from Suleika Jaouad of her life-altering battle with leukemia. Recently graduated, newly in love, and ready to peruse her dreams after moving to Paris; Suleika was ready to take on the 'real world'. What awaited her was an entirely different reality - one that started with a simple itch. From a grim diagnosis just shy of her 23rd birthday, to much of the next four years spent in the oncology ward fighting for her life, to finally learning how to live in the afterwards. It is a story of pain and sorrow, of illness and recovery, of perseverance and confronting morality, and of healing and self-discovery.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Between Two Kingdoms was a bookclub selection for The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of grieving 20- and 30-somethings, in March and I understand why! I had no knowledge of who Suleika even was before reading her story. And yet here I am having read one of those books that will stay with me forever. Reading it has inspired me to undertake my own 100 day project, and showcased the powerful nature of human connection. In this book, I was introduced to an incredible human being, and a supremely talented writer and storyteller. She is as open, honest and vulnerable as she could possibly be, and I was so moved emotionally while reading.
She takes the reader hand in hand through her experience in a simple yet beautifully written way. The reader is taken on an intimate journey through her anger, her fears, her envy, and her new normal. As she explore the physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological tolls her illness imparted, we bare witness to the cruelty of life being ripped away. It can be hard to read about the uncomfortable truths of life, but what this story offers is perspective and appreciation. It delves deep into what it means to be human, and that is why I loved it so much.
Suleika's story is truly one of the most moving memoirs I've read, and while our journeys and stories stem from different trauma, her words hold true, and they will stay with me forever. I even purchased a copy for my shelf shortly after completing it, and will most definitely be reading any of her future work. If you're looking for an absolutely incredible read, equal parts heart-wrenching and heartening, I highly recommend Between Two Kingdoms
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Memoir lovers
• Grievers
• Fans of Wild and When Breath Becomes Air
• Bookclubs
• Everyone!
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"I've never heard anyone get off the phone so fast. He apologized, telling me he wished he could talk longer but he had plans. He promised to call back later that night. He didn't. I wouldn't hear from him for many weeks. It was my first indication that cancer is uncomfortable for the people around you, and that when people don't know what to say, they often say nothing at all."
"We are all terminal patients on this earth - the mystery is not "if" but "when" death appears in the plotline."
"Grief is a ghost that visits without warning. It comes in the night and rips you from your sleep. It fills your chest with shards of glass. Interrupts you mid-laugh when you're at a party, chastising you that, just for a moment, you've forgotten. It haunts you until it becomes a part of you, shadowing you breath for breath."
"Though the word may suggest otherwise, recovery is not about salvaging the old at all. It's about accepting that you must forsake a familiar self forever, in favor of one that is being newly born. It is an act of brute, terrifying discovery."
"Healing is figuring out how to coexist with the pain that will always live inside of you, without pretending it isn't there or allowing it to hijack your day. It is learning to confront ghosts and to carry what lingers. It is learning to embrace the people I love not instead of protecting against a future in which I am gutted by their loss. Katherine's experience and her insight sit with me. She went through something she thought she could never survive and yet here she is, surviving. 'You have to shift from the gloom and doom and focus instead on what you love,' she told me before bed. 'That's all you can do in the fact of these things. Love the people around you. Love the life you have. I can't think of a more powerful response to life's sorrows than loving.' "
Author: Suleika Jaouad
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 5
Pub Date: February 9 2021
T H R E E • W O R D S
Vulnerable • Human • Inspiring
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Between Two Kingdoms is a deeply moving memoir from Suleika Jaouad of her life-altering battle with leukemia. Recently graduated, newly in love, and ready to peruse her dreams after moving to Paris; Suleika was ready to take on the 'real world'. What awaited her was an entirely different reality - one that started with a simple itch. From a grim diagnosis just shy of her 23rd birthday, to much of the next four years spent in the oncology ward fighting for her life, to finally learning how to live in the afterwards. It is a story of pain and sorrow, of illness and recovery, of perseverance and confronting morality, and of healing and self-discovery.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Between Two Kingdoms was a bookclub selection for The Dinner Party, a worldwide community of grieving 20- and 30-somethings, in March and I understand why! I had no knowledge of who Suleika even was before reading her story. And yet here I am having read one of those books that will stay with me forever. Reading it has inspired me to undertake my own 100 day project, and showcased the powerful nature of human connection. In this book, I was introduced to an incredible human being, and a supremely talented writer and storyteller. She is as open, honest and vulnerable as she could possibly be, and I was so moved emotionally while reading.
She takes the reader hand in hand through her experience in a simple yet beautifully written way. The reader is taken on an intimate journey through her anger, her fears, her envy, and her new normal. As she explore the physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological tolls her illness imparted, we bare witness to the cruelty of life being ripped away. It can be hard to read about the uncomfortable truths of life, but what this story offers is perspective and appreciation. It delves deep into what it means to be human, and that is why I loved it so much.
Suleika's story is truly one of the most moving memoirs I've read, and while our journeys and stories stem from different trauma, her words hold true, and they will stay with me forever. I even purchased a copy for my shelf shortly after completing it, and will most definitely be reading any of her future work. If you're looking for an absolutely incredible read, equal parts heart-wrenching and heartening, I highly recommend Between Two Kingdoms
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Memoir lovers
• Grievers
• Fans of Wild and When Breath Becomes Air
• Bookclubs
• Everyone!
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"I've never heard anyone get off the phone so fast. He apologized, telling me he wished he could talk longer but he had plans. He promised to call back later that night. He didn't. I wouldn't hear from him for many weeks. It was my first indication that cancer is uncomfortable for the people around you, and that when people don't know what to say, they often say nothing at all."
"We are all terminal patients on this earth - the mystery is not "if" but "when" death appears in the plotline."
"Grief is a ghost that visits without warning. It comes in the night and rips you from your sleep. It fills your chest with shards of glass. Interrupts you mid-laugh when you're at a party, chastising you that, just for a moment, you've forgotten. It haunts you until it becomes a part of you, shadowing you breath for breath."
"Though the word may suggest otherwise, recovery is not about salvaging the old at all. It's about accepting that you must forsake a familiar self forever, in favor of one that is being newly born. It is an act of brute, terrifying discovery."
"Healing is figuring out how to coexist with the pain that will always live inside of you, without pretending it isn't there or allowing it to hijack your day. It is learning to confront ghosts and to carry what lingers. It is learning to embrace the people I love not instead of protecting against a future in which I am gutted by their loss. Katherine's experience and her insight sit with me. She went through something she thought she could never survive and yet here she is, surviving. 'You have to shift from the gloom and doom and focus instead on what you love,' she told me before bed. 'That's all you can do in the fact of these things. Love the people around you. Love the life you have. I can't think of a more powerful response to life's sorrows than loving.' "
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, and Vomit
_autumn_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Child death and Suicide
litlistening's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Grief
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