Between Two Kingdoms

 I read Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad. She wrote a gripping story of her battle with leukemia which started in college but she didn't figure it out until after she graduated even though she went to many doctors to ask why her legs were so itchy. After graduation she got a job in Paris. Her condition worsened. Her boyfriend had moved to be with her in Paris and she suddenly had to take a plane home because she was so ill. She had bought a return ticket for two weeks but she never got the chance to use it. Her parents took her in and the diagnosis of leukemia came ten days later. She started chemotherapy, her hair fell out, she got infections. Eventually she got a bone marrow transplant from her brother. She makes some decisions that I agree with and some I didn't agree with. She started a blog about her journey through illness which brought the unexpected result of useful support from strangers all over the country. At the end of the book she takes a 100 day journey from New York to the west coast and back again through the deep south. Suleika met with the strangers who offered support and gains more wisdom and understanding from them, even the man on death row in a prison in Louisiana. I really enjoyed her memoir. She is a talented writer.