title: Karin's Story: My Journey Through The Wilderness
author: Karin Beck-Beggs
description: Karin Beck-Beggs was a model in the clothing industry, an agent-interpreter for Scandinavian Airlines, a secretary for her husband's construction business, real estate agent, a labor and delivery nurse, and a pharmaceutical protocol specialist. In March 2010, she was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. A wife, mother, and grandmother, the cancer took her life in December 2011.
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  ISOBEL CARR
  
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  NEW YORK BOSTON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Begin Reading](index_split_005.html#filepos4422)
  
  [Table of Contents](index_split_045.html#filepos568259)
  
  [A Preview of Ripe for Scandal](index_split_042.html#filepos531684)
  
  [Copyright Page](index_split_046.html#filepos572173)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Karin Tabke
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS](index_split_045.html#filepos568709)
  
  As implied in the dedication, I owe my friend Karin Tabke a huge debt of
  gratitude. Without Karin, this book wouldn’t exist. She’s the best non-agent a
  girl could have. I would also like to thank Jami Alden for being the best beta
  reader on the planet, and Jessica Cohen for brainstorming fantabulousness and
  always being available for cocktails and plotting. My San Francisco support
  network—Monica McCarty, Bella Andre, Carolyn Jewel, Poppy Reiffin, Veronica
  Wolff, Ann Mallory—as always, you ladies rock! Also, my fellow bloggers over
  at History Hoydens. F