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Rise Above the Story | Karena Kilcoyne Author Talk LIVE.
Wed, Jan 24
|New York
Entry fee includes a hardback copy of "Rise Above the Story," Hors D’oeuvres and a welcome glass of Champagne. Cash bar.
Time & Location
Jan 24, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
New York, 58 Stone Street, 95 Pearl St, New York, NY 10004, USA
About the Event
We are excited to welcome you to celebrate the launch of "Rise Above the Story;" a story of triumph and autonomy.
About the Book:
What do we do when the pain of the past is too much to bear? When trauma and shame overwhelm us? When we feel empty and worthless despite our success and daily triumphs?We rise above our story. Before Karena Kilcoyne was a successful criminal defense attorney, trauma defined her early life. Her mother tried to give her away at birth. Her father went to a federal penitentiary when she was 12, leaving the family poverty-stricken and Karena to care for her siblings and her mentally unstable mother. After her mother died, she adopted her 9-year-old brother and graduated from law school at the age of 24. She fought for the freedom of others while imprisoning herself in self-doubt, depression, and anxiety. Existing only in survival mode, she…