6/1/2023 0 Comments Beyond two kingdoms![]() ![]() The book provides a portal into Jaouad's experiences fighting a devastating cancer diagnosis, and ultimately, learning how to re-enter the world post-treatment. Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted is one of the precious stories that I hugged tightly to my chest after closer inspection. ![]() If the words on the page are the heart, then the book itself is the ribcage: beautiful and fragile in a singular way-an encasing around the precious stories that add vitality to our lives. When I finish a book, I turn it over and examine its body: the spine, the jacket cover, the shape. A new habit has emerged for me over the past twelve months. While the pandemic has taught me to look at language with more reverence than I have in the past-simply to find meaning during a time where it's hard to find the right words to describe life today-my admiration doesn't stop when the story itself ends. Novels, memoirs, short stories-page after page recreated a rich tapestry of life before lockdown. When the world shut down, like many others, I turned inward, and books became my refuge. ![]() In the first installment, Rachel reflects on Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad. Ordinary Story is a monthly series by Rachel Schwartzmann that features musings and conversations on one of our favorite ordinary habits: reading. ![]()
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