NON-FICTION: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

For our second June event, I've chosen Suleika Jaouad's first book from 2021. It's been on my list so long that she's already written another book! Suleika is a writer, advocate, and artist. I've been following her and her work on Instagram after watching the documentary, American Symphony. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50743767-between-two-kingdoms

"Jaouad started writing about what it's like to face a life-threatening illness at 22. During her "incanceration" — months in isolation to prevent infections — she documented her grueling treatments, first in a blog, then in a weekly column and videos for The New York Times called 'Life, Interrupted,' which generated an enormous response. She had become a different sort of war correspondent. Between Two Kingdoms, Jaouad's searching memoir of her illness and its aftermath, takes its title from an observation in Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor: 'Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.' The line between them, Jaouad discovers, is more porous than most people realize." — Heller McAlpin, NPR Book Reviews

*This event will be held at the new Kitava location on Solano Ave in Albany. They have lots of allergen-friendly food options. You can find their menu here: https://www.kitava.com/kitava-albany-menus/

Please reach out if you have any questions. Thanks!