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Mob Daughter

The Mafia, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and Me!

by Karen Gravano
Karen Gravano
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From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal.
Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss—and John Gotti's right-hand man—is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family.
But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house, and had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve, Karen knew he was a gangster. And as she grew up, while her peers worried about clothes and schoolwork, she was coming face-to-face with crime and murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob and cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart, and they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in.
This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in healing the rift between the two, she was able to forge a new life.

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    December 27, 2011

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      • ISBN: 9781427221971
      • File size: 169802 KB
      • Duration: 05:53:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 12, 2011
      Written by Gravano, the daughter of former mob underboss Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, and former New York Times correspondent Pulitzer, the book admits, rather than denies, what published stories have already revealed about her convicted father, who confessed to 19 murders. At age 12, Gravano learned the truth of her father’s profession, the secret meetings, the mob rituals, the bodyguards, and guns in her home in Brooklyn. Life has its perks for a Mafia princess, the respect of her peers, the outings at her father’s New Jersey horse farm, and summers in Cream Ridge, N.J. She remembers fondly the fallen godfather Paul “Big Paulie” Castellano, and John “the Dapper Don” Gotti, who replaced him after his slaying in midtown Manhattan. Family loyalties clash with mob traditions when she speaks bluntly about her father ratting out Gotti in exchange for a 20-year sentence. The story of her later years, complete with prison visits with her father, her criminal exploits, and newfound celebrity on a reality show, Mob Wives, is told with candor and swagger, befitting a daughter of Mafia royalty.

    • Library Journal

      May 15, 2012

      Gravano, daughter of former Gambino crime family underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, candidly reflects on growing up in a Mafia family, discovering at age 12 that her father was a gangster, and the inevitable trials and prison visits. She also discusses her own criminal activities (selling drugs) and her feelings about Sammy's decision to testify against crime boss John Gotti. Gravano narrates here, and while some listeners may find her delivery amateurish, it brings authenticity to her story. VERDICT For fans of Gravano's reality TV series Mob Wives and true crime aficionados. ["While not a literary masterpiece, this book is a fun, quick read--perfect for the beach. A companion that will be popular with fans of the television show," read the review of the New York Times best-selling St. Martin's hc, LJ 2/15/12.--Ed.]--Phillip Oliver, Univ. of North Alabama Lib., Florence

      Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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