India, Dec. 26 -- Within hours of losing her mother Aarti discovered she had cancer. Triple Negative: A tale of love, faith and surrender, is a memoir that chronicles two years of her life-from the time she lost her mother, got diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, underwent treatment, to the year that followed as she regained her mind, body and life. Even so, the book is not a memoir of illness or grief. It is a simple, unfiltered, profoundly personal, honest account of love, loss and the peace that followssurrender.

Aarti underwent a seven-month-long treatment involving surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation as shegrappled with the grief of losing her oldest relationship, her mother. Through her treatment, she journaled herexperi...