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Mafia wife : a true story of love, murder, and madness / Lynda Milito with Reg Potterton.

Milito, Lynda. (Author). Potterton, Reg. (Added Author).

Summary:

A shocking Mafia memoir by the wife of a highly placed member of the Gambino family chronicles the rise and fall of this powerful underworld gang from a female point of view, and describes life inside the Mafia, her turbulent marriage, and her life following the 1988 disappearance and alleged murder of her husband, Louie Milito.

Record details

ISBN: 0066212618
ISBN: 9780066212616
Physical Description: 290 pages ; cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2003.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 Growing up is Hard to Do 13 -- Chapter 2 Keeping Secrets 24 -- Chapter 3 Guilt and Fantasy 30 -- Chapter 4 Peppermint Twist 36 -- Chapter 5 Sex Ed 40 -- Chapter 6 Meeting Louie 45 -- Chapter 7 Leader of the Pack 53 -- Chapter 8 Take a Favor, Give a Favor 72 -- Chapter 9 What Do You Know, You're Jewish 87 -- Chapter 10 All in the Family 110 -- Chapter 11 Straightened Out 119 -- Chapter 12 A Person Would Have to Be in a Coma 137 -- Chapter 13 Charge is Murder 141 -- Chapter 14 Cash Makes People Smile 159 -- Chapter 15 Fat Farm, With Bars 167 -- Chapter 16 Sammy Gravano, Animal Lover 172 -- Chapter 17 Tough Guys Fall 181 -- Chapter 18 Moving Up to Todt Hill 202 -- Chapter 19 Burying the Needle 210 -- Chapter 20 No Longer Bulletproof 219 -- Chapter 21 I Know About Frankie 228 -- Chapter 22 Maybe We'll Get a Miracle 237 -- Chapter 23 No Happy Hour at Tali's 248 -- Chapter 24 Disappearance 252.