Between two kingdoms book review6/10/2023 ![]() I began to wonder if the real problem was me.” The problem was not her, though the post-graduation ambit of cocaine- and alcohol-filled nights didn’t help. But deep down, I doubted there ever was a parasite. “As my energy evaporated and the itch intensified,” she writes, “I told myself it was because the parasite’s appetite was growing. Jaouad, then a student at Princeton, attributed it to some internal pest. “It began with an itch.” So commences a story whose trajectory is sadly familiar to many survivors. A thoughtful memoir of dealing with cancer and feeling “at sea, close to sinking, grasping at anything that might buoy me.” ![]()
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