[bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted No questions Asked
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:50:09 -0500
Oh, that sounds good! I can't help but wonder, though, how she got her
access to these women. Maybe the book tells about that too.
Sue S.
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From: Amber Wallenstein
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] just submitted No questions Asked
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/
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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.
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