Overview
Nominated for a 2019 EdgarĀ® AwardĀ for Best Fact CrimeĀ
Named a CrimeReads best NonfictionĀ Crime Book of 2018
The electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias ā and how they risked everything to bring it down.
The Calabrian Mafiaāknown as the āNdranghetaāis one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, manages billion-dollar extortion rackets, brokers illegal arms dealsāsupplying weapons to criminals and terroristsāand plunders the treasuries of both Italy and the European Union.
The āNdranghetaās power derives from a macho mix of violence and silenceāomertĆ . Yet it endures because of family ties: you are born into the syndicate, or you marry in. Loyalty is absolute. Bloodshed is revered. You go to prison or your grave and kill your own father, brother, sister, or mother in cold blood before you betray The Family. Accompanying the āNdranghetaās reverence for tradition and history is a violent misogyny among its men. Women are viewed as chattel, bargaining chips for building and maintaining clan alliances and beatingsāand worseāare routine.
In 2009, after one abused āNdrangheta wife was murdered for turning stateās evidence, prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti considered a tantalizing possibility: that the āNdranghetaās sexism might be its greatest flawāand her most effective weapon. Approaching two more mafia wives, Alessandra persuaded them to testify in return for a new future for themselves and their children.
A feminist saga of true crime and justice, The Good Mothers is the riveting story of a high-stakes battle pitting a brilliant, driven woman fighting to save a nation against ruthless mafiosi fighting for their existence. Caught in the middle are three women fighting for their children and their lives. Not all will survive.
This book title, The Good Mothers (The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia), ISBN: 9780062655615, by Alex Perry, published by HarperCollins (August 20, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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