Then one day she decided that she needed to take a cross-country road trip. She scattered her friend's ashes and spent time alone writing.
She decided that to start over, she must bury the past and start over. In the aftermath of their breakup, Suleika did not attend to her heartbreak. Her feelings soon changed as new tensions arose between her and Will. Suleika felt free for the first time in a long time. She and Will moved into an East Village apartment. The more needy she acted, the more trapped Will felt.įinally Suleika's doctors gave her approval to move out of Saratoga. She believed if she kept him close she could avoid losing him. She hated that he had a life outside of her. The sicker she became, the more angry she felt. Even the chemotherapy did not appear to be helping. Over the following months, Suleika's condition worsened. Suleika's parents were alarmed and impressed by his devotion. Will moved back to New York, and devoted himself to Suleika's care. She realized she was losing her identity and her life. The more she learned about the disease and the treatment, the more worried she became. Not long after moving back in with her parents, Anne and Hédi, in Saratoga, New York, Suleika was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Finally they sent her back to the United States to be with her family while she got more medical attention. No matter how many doctors she saw, she still had no answers. She had sores on her body and in her mouth. However, Suleika's health soon began to deteriorate. He moved overseas shortly thereafter.įor a time, the new couple shared a happy little life in the romantic city together. During his trip to Paris, he and Suleika realized they wanted to be together. Feeling impulsive, she invited him to visit. Meanwhile, she kept up with a young man she met in New York before moving. However, the longer she stayed in Paris, the less dreamlike her life seemed. She convinced herself that these ailments were merely a result of her lifestyle in the city.
Even her bizarre itching symptoms and plaguing fatigue seemed to dissipate. When she first arrived in Paris, Suleika felt relieved and energized. Desperate for an escape, she secured a paralegal job in Paris, France. By the time the summer ended, Suleika had come to hate the person she was becoming. She spent most of her time drinking, taking drugs, sleeping very little, and working. While living in Manhattan, she resided in a diminutive apartment with several roommates. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a summer internship. When Suleika was finishing her college degree, she was prepared for all that her life might offer. In Suleika Jaouad's first person memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, she details her experiences suffering from and surviving cancer as a young woman. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Jaouad, Suleika.
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