The well-known author Annie Dillard wrote, “Write as if you were dying. Her brother is a match, and following the procedure, she spends 100 days in the hospital recovering. Told she needs a bone marrow transplant, she shops for a donor, describing this as somewhat like shopping for college. In March 2012 at age 23, she posts a website “A Life Interrupted” and a 1,000-word column for the New York Times Sunday Magazine. It usually strikes people in their 60s and 70s not in their 20s. She battles a complicated and rare bone marrow disorder, myelodysplastic syndrome, which leads to acute anemia, which had been smoldering for some time. Jaouad writes her story passionately and with courage. Will stayed with her throughout the worst of times, as did her parents, who overflowed with hope and excitement during the five years of her illness. What started as uncontrollable itching on her legs turned into something serious. She is deeply in love with Will, but doctors in France urge her to go home to her parents with her serious health problems. There is no good age to hear the words “You have cancer.” It is particularly tragic to hear it when you’ve just graduated from college (Princeton, in Jaouad’s case) and found a job as a war correspondent in Paris. "Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted"
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