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Synopsis
A reporter's behind-the scenes look at American women in the Mafia, based on in-depth interviews with the mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, and girlfriends of notorious mobsters.
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About the Author
Clare Longrigg is the author of Mafia Women, an expose of women in the Mafia in Italy. She writes for the Independent and the Guardian in London, where she lives.
From Publishers Weekly
The legions of fans of the character of conflicted mob wife Carmela Soprano on the popular HBO series will eagerly devour British journalist Longrigg's second look at the role of women in traditional organized crime, after 1997's Mafia Women, which focused on the Mafia in Italy. Here the author moves beyond popular stereotypes to present a number of fascinating portraits drawn from America's experience of La Cosa Nostra. Some, like the Dapper Don's daughter, Victoria Gotti, are familiar figures, but some of the more obscure women prove even more interesting. Surprisingly, Longrigg has even managed to find a heroic character among the more typical victims of domestic violence and the pampered, superficial individuals who gladly indulged in an affluent lifestyle that their criminal relatives made possible. Betty Tocco, wife of a mob boss, bravely chose to cooperate with the FBI to protect her young son from his father's vicious way of life and became the first mob spouse to testify against her husband at trial. Despite the essential grimness of the world of the Mafia, Longrigg's ear for the humanity of those she describes and the rare moments of humor elevate this book beyond the usual self-serving mob tell-alls.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers (Aust
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0732281911
- ISBN 13 9780732281915
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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