Our new publishing company began as a series of articles that I wrote and posted on my practice website, and on the Professional Women's Alliance of Connecticut site, a group of which I am Founder and Chair. I wanted to provide the public with little known information in areas such as law, finance, tax, mortgages, and insurance.
The Emma Carbury stories are the culmination of my over twenty years experience in the practice of law. Loosely based on many true stories, Emma's continuing adventures are dedicated as entertaining sources of information for the public.
As a long time insider, I wanted to reveal why the only people who ever benefit from civil and family litigation are lawyers. My novels, Stay Balanced!, Eyes Up, Heels Down, and work in progress Inside Leg, Outside Rein (horseback riding terms, used as themes for lessons learned in each book) are humorous, but they also delve into bigger, fraught topics such as economic abuse within marriages, bullying, and incest.
My books are all about teaching women to avoid the usual traps; litigation, narcissistic men, giving up financial power, and medicating rather than dealing with an issue. The public will be enlightened in ways that have rarely appeared elsewhere, as attorneys typically only write for each other. Lawyers operate in a kind of secret brotherhood; they want the public to remain ignorant, because an informed person would be much less likely to hire a litigation attorney, especially in the family law sphere.
All of my stories extol mediation as the logical alternative to protracted and painful litigation.
My aim is to empower readers everywhere --- particularly women. However, both genders, as well as young people, will benefit from the information, and recommended reading, that I offer in my books.
After twenty years of hearing the same stories from my clients, over and over, I am happy to have this opportunity to sound a wake up call about a system which in my opinion, no longer works. The main theme of my new books, and my articles (posted on the Professional Women's Alliance of Connecticut site www.pwa-ct.com and www.karenastansburyattorney.com) is to teach people to go with their gut instincts, and to think for themselves.
I have always maintained that self-trust is the key to happiness. My books are an invitation to the public to think outside the box.
Our best to all of you,
Karen, Emma and Joy
