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"In the 1950s and '60s, Louie Milito came of age with the Junior Rampers, a tough-minded gang from his Brooklyn neighborhood. Eventually, Louie graduated to more prominent ranks, becoming a made member of the Gambinos, a capo, and architect for some of the infamous family's most bloody work. Louie was also a trusted friend and colleague to family underboss Sammy "the Bull" Gravano. Since their teenage years running the streets of Brooklyn through their reign in the inner circle of the Gambinos, Louie had no doubt that Gravano and family boss John Gotti would forever watch his back. But in 1988, Louie Milito disappeared. His body has never been found. Louie's wife, Lynda Milito, discovered that Louie was killed by the very people who were supposed to protect him." "Mafia Wife is the story of Lynda's and Louie's life. Lynda shares an unforgettable, intimate portrayal of living inside the dangerous world of the Mafia. In this personal drama about coming of age and being married to the mob, Lynda recounts her lonely childhood, aching to find a comfort that would counter her loveless relationship with her mother. She confesses to being attracted to the danger and headlines of being with a powerful man, and explores the searing pain of child molestation and spousal abuse, life-threatening bouts with mental illness, and strained relationships with her children." "Mafia Wife is Lynda's frighteningly illuminating story of the myths of the Mafia. The Mafia, she contends, is not about The Godfather-esque ideals of honor and loyalty. Gambino and Gotti were not that romantic. Mafia life is about money. It's also about betrayal and love - and watching your back. In exposing the unadulterated truth about the mob, Lynda divulges what details she knows about Louie's criminal enterprises and the blind eye she turned, year after year, to the blood on his hands. It was only after his death, and twenty-two years of marriage, that Lynda Milito is finally talking."--BOOK JACKET.
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Mafia wife: my story of love, murder, and madness
2012, Xlibris
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Mafia Wife: My Story of Love, Murder, and Madness
May 13, 2003, HarperCollins
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Mafia wife: my story of love, murder, and madness
2003, HarperCollins
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Previous edition published: Mafia wife : my story of love, murder, and madness / Lynda Milito with Reg Potterton. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.
On jacket: New extended revised edition. Volume II. Edited by Val O'Connor.
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