A Novel of Love, Loss & Devotion

Caring for Pharaoh

by Karol Renee

A fictionalized memoir inspired by 4 years of caregiving, sacrifice, and discovering what it truly means to love someone through the unimaginable.

The Story

About the Book

A Story of impossible love and extraordinary courage.

When her husband is diagnosed with terminal cancer, one woman faces an impossible choice: fall apart or find a way forward. For 4 years, she becomes his caregiver, his advocate, his protector—all while working full-time and fighting to keep their lives from unraveling.

During this time, homeless and desperate, she does something remarkable: she found a home while homeless and transformed it into a sanctuary" A place where he can die with dignity. A home instead of a hospital.

“He was fierce, difficult, sometimes some would call crazy, but he was precious to me.”

Caring for Pharaoh is a fictionalized memoir about what we do for love, what we sacrifice for dignity, and what we discover about ourselves when everything else falls away.

This is not a book about dying. It's a book about living—fully, fiercely, and with devotion—even when the end is in sight.

This Book is for you if.....

Meet Karol Renee

Author • Speaker • Transformation Coach

Karol Renee spent 4 years as the primary caregiver for her husband Robert while he was dying of cancer—all while working full-time as an executive at a Fortune 500 company.

During that time, she found a home while homeless and transformed it" so he could die with dignity in a home, not a hospital.

For thirteen years, she didn't tell this story. She buried it under work, productivity, and forward motion. She built a career, led teams, created a division that's now being replicated company-wide.

But some stories refuse to stay buried.

Today, through her platform Soulutions with Karol, she helps others turn lived experience—especially pain and loss—into purpose and power. She writes, speaks, and teaches from experience, not theory.

Caring for Pharaoh is her debut novel—and the story she was always meant to tell.

Truth over comfort. Transformation through awareness.

Press & Speaking

High-resolution photos, author bio, book synopsis, and media one-sheet.

Available for podcasts, panels, keynotes, and workshops on caregiving, transformation, and resilience.

 

Stories That Shift — conversations about transformation, truth-telling, and what it means to live fully.

What Readers Are Saying

“Karol Renee is a talented writer. This story will stay with you long after you turn the last page.”

— Shelby Newsom, Editor

“A story of quiet heroism that reminds us what it truly means to love someone through the impossible.”

— Early Reader

“Raw, real, and deeply moving. This is the caregiving story we need.”

— Early Reader

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