[bksvol-discuss] just submitted No questions Asked
- From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:38:16 -0400
I just submitted "NO QUESTIONS ASKED: THE SECRET LIFE OF WOMEN IN THE MOB" by
"CLARE LONGRIGG". I messed up on the author field, though, putting the
author's name in twice. Can someone fix that, when they validate the book?
Carmela Soprano has set the gold standard for our image of the American mob
woman: a loyal materfamilias devoted to her family and her church, not to
mention her exquisite Italian cooking. But beyond the teased-out hair and
frosted nails, she is smart, savvy, and, at times, morally conflicted about her
role in her husbands world. gets to the heart of this complex existence in No
Questions Asked, an investigation of the real women in today's American Mafia.
Longrigg delved into the hidden depths of the American mob society and
discovered a subculture of powerful women in the midst of the Mafia patriarchy.
From New Jersey to Chicago, Miami to LA, she interviewed the wives, mothers,
daughters, and mistresses of "made men" to find out how they functioned in this
deadly underworld. Some are irresistibly attracted to dangerous men-like
Camille Serpico, who married her first husband's killer, and Lana Zancocchio,
daughter of the reputed Bonanno family consigliere, who calls her terrifying
father a "real man." Others, like Brenda Colletti, take part in criminal
activities alongside their men, covering up for them with the police and
plotting mob hits. And there are those who rebel, like Betty Tocco: to save her
son from a life of crime, she conspired with the Feds to send her mob boss of a
husband to jail for two hundred years.
Longrigg profiles this fascinating cast of characters and their sacrifices, as
well as their own uses and abuses of power. Looking at the women born into the
Family and those who are inexplicably attracted to it, Longrigg portrays
their struggles with identity, self-confidence, and conscience. Based on her
unique access to the women behind the Mafia, and the first unprecedented
glimpse into a fierce private, lethally complicated world.
CLARE LONGRIGG is the author of Mafia Women an expose of women in the Mafia in
Italy, writes for the Independent and the Guard in London, where she lives.
Enjoy.
Amber
Book blog:
http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have
consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give
you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
John Adams
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