When Results are Positive is a true account of Kate Karpel’s struggle to surrender, demonstrated through an enlightening medical battle. The book explores relationship dynamics while tragic events unfold, leading to her sister’s death. Ultimately, Kate has to work through grief, survivor’s guilt, and the truth to make a conscious decision between living and dying.
As the story unravels, it reveals only pieces of a whole that is underneath the surface. While Kate cares for her dying sister, her own struggles are not revealed until their mother’s pragmatic way of moving on reveals more of the reality she faces. Only then, can Kate attend to her own dilemmas. Once Margie is gone, she has to grapple with not being overshadowed by the grandeur circumstances of her sister. The unobtrusive place she took in the family dynamics uncovers her own mess of a life. At last, she has to decide to follow in her sister’s path or mark her own. At stake is her financial stability, emotional strength, sense of identity and her very life itself. Readers craving a true story, those grappling with surrender, anyone moving through grief and seekers of the truth will find in this memoir a gripping, enlightening and comforting journey of discovery. Kate’s story drops a lot of jaws. However, her writing is what leaves them there. This is a book readers will get lost in, only to find their own answers.
As the story unravels, it reveals only pieces of a whole that is underneath the surface. While Kate cares for her dying sister, her own struggles are not revealed until their mother’s pragmatic way of moving on reveals more of the reality she faces. Only then, can Kate attend to her own dilemmas. Once Margie is gone, she has to grapple with not being overshadowed by the grandeur circumstances of her sister. The unobtrusive place she took in the family dynamics uncovers her own mess of a life. At last, she has to decide to follow in her sister’s path or mark her own. At stake is her financial stability, emotional strength, sense of identity and her very life itself. Readers craving a true story, those grappling with surrender, anyone moving through grief and seekers of the truth will find in this memoir a gripping, enlightening and comforting journey of discovery. Kate’s story drops a lot of jaws. However, her writing is what leaves them there. This is a book readers will get lost in, only to find their own answers.
