β Scribed by Suleika Jaouad
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman 's journey from diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of healing and self-discovery.
" A work of breathtaking creativity."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love
" Elegant and heartbreaking."--Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies
" Mended parts I thought were forever disintegrated."--Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy
" A propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude."--Tara Westover, author of Educated
In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter "the real world." She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take...
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