The Godmother

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The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women | Barbie Latza Nadeau

I‘m going to have to find this to read after I‘m done my #sundaybuddyread this is in today‘s Globe & Mail

jlhammar Those all sound good! I've been eyeing The Forever Witness. 2y

mcctrish @jlhammar I‘m hoping I can get some on audio 🤞🏻 2y

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The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women | Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Wow. The various mafias in Italy don‘t mess around! Much of the book reflected on Puppetta, an infamous woman who avenged her husband‘s murder in the 1950s while six months pregnant. Nadeau was among the last to interview her before her death in 2021. She also writes more briefly about other of Italy‘s mafia women, who do everything from minor drug trafficking to ordering murder, and she looks at the female victims and sexism in Italy. Note ⬇️

Cinfhen, LeahBergen

Megabooks Note: this is dark AF. If you don‘t want to imagine people getting eaten by acid, maybe avoid this or take multiple breaks like I did! Thank you to @penguinrandomhouse for this gifted copy! (edited) 2y

Cinfhen Not sure I‘m up for this one 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2y

LeahBergen Great review! Count me in. 😆 2y

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Megabooks @Cinfhen it was definitely more true crime than reality tv!! 🔪🔫🩸 2y

Megabooks @LeahBergen thank you! It was intense! 2y

Centique This sounds fantastic! 2y

Megabooks @Centique it was super interesting! 2y

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The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women | Barbie Latza Nadeau

so-so

Interesting. I would have enjoyed it more if Pupetta's story would have been told in one or two chapters instead of interspersed throughout.

Women in the Mafia are treated like second class citizens. Only way out is in a police car or death. There is no divorce for women.

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Published September 6, 2022

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The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women | Barbie Latza Nadeau

Some book acquisitions this weekend!

The tagged was sent from @Penguinpress and I‘m very excited to learn more about women in the mafia! Thank you 🙏🏻

The rest are from 2NC. The Dry is a blame it on @BarbaraBB 💜 I‘m giving Manhattan Beach another try because I am loving Egan this year, but I think I panned or bailed in 2017. 😬 Ways was an impulse buy, but it‘s been on my TBR since #FoodAndLit Brazil two years ago! 🤣

penguinrandomhouse, Cinfhen

CBee I enjoyed The Dry! Also her other one

Force of Nature: by the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, The Dry

Read-y_Picker You should also check out

The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took On the World�s Most Powerful Mafia

MallenNC I really enjoyed The Dry. She is great at making the setting feel real to me as I‘m reading. 2y

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jlhammar I really enjoyed Manhattan Beach. Hope it works for you this time around! I liked The Dry as well. The Godmother sounds fascinating. 2y

Cinfhen I was SUPER OBSESSED with Mafia Wives - do you remember that show?? I love all things mob related!!! 2y

Ruthiella I also liked The Dry and agree with @MallenNC , she‘s very good at atmosphere and setting. 2y

LeahBergen I‘ve been eyeing The Godmother. 👍 2y

Megabooks @CBee oooo…thanks for the rec! 2y

Megabooks @Read-y_Picker thank you! That looks really interesting! 2y

Megabooks @MallenNC I agree with that because I can still see specific scenes from

The Survivors

Megabooks @jlhammar so many people have so-so or panned MB (including me!) that I‘m not as confident I‘ll love it, but I appreciate her so much more as a writer after reading 4 of her books so far this year. I feel like I‘m in a better place to love it. 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen no, but I used to watch all those documentaries on A&E about the mob that came on in the 1990s!! I‘m excited to read more about women now. What network was it on? Do you remember? 2y

Megabooks @Ruthiella 💯💯 agree. That was my favorite part of

The Survivors

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Megabooks @LeahBergen I‘ll tag you in my review if you‘d like! 👍🏻👀 2y

LeahBergen Yes, please! 2y

Cinfhen It was actually called Mob Wives 🤦🏼‍♀️ and it was on VH1! - Super addictive 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen lol! I get some vh1 streaming so I‘ll keep an eye out. 👍🏻👀 2y

BarbaraBB @CBee Force of Nature is good too! And

The Lost Man

CBee @BarbaraBB I have that one on kindle, I think? I wish I could read more than one book at a time 🤦‍♀️ 2y

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