The chapter explores the challenges of cultural diversity and fitting in, narrating childhood experiences of feeling like an outsider due to language barriers and the desire for assimilation. It reflects on the speaker's upbringing, highlighting the value of self-reliance and adaptability instilled by immigrant parents. Additionally, it delves into the speaker's early journey with music, describing their rebellious choice of the double bass and the passion ignited at Bandcamp that led to a musical career.
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospital room, chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer. She joins to discuss her remarkable life, career, and bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms.