On the Run: A Mafia Childhood - Hardcover

Hill, Gregg; Hill, Gina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 044652770X ISBN 13: 9780446527705

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 2004

Synopsis

The story takes us through Gregg and Gina's early years as they visit their father in prison and rub up against Mafia culture in ways both terrifying and poignant. In 1980, a daylight raid on the Hill home cuts the family loose from its already shaky moorings. Facing decades in prison for, among other things, his involvement in the infamous Lufthansa hijacking, Hill becomes a witness for the state and, immediately, a wall of protection seals off Gregg and Gina from their previous lives.Nomadic now, wandering from community to community, constructing new identities and making new friends only to have those identities compromised and those friends cast aside, Gregg and Gina desperately seek normalcy but are continually thwarted. Making their lives even more difficult - indeed, putting their lives in peril - is their father, whose scams continue even after his being absorbed into 'the Programme' and whose capacity for violence remains dangerously high.

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Review:

'Gripping...unforgettable ...It is a high price that a young person must pay for being 'connected'. But those with a strong spirit can triumph' - Sam Giancana, author of Double Cross 'Gregg and Gina Hill show the heartache, disappointment and psychological torment they suffered at the hands of a toxic father whose warped version of parental love left deep scars. A must-read' - Anthony Bruno, author of Bad Guys

Book Description:

The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Award winning true story behind Goodfellas, a harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an explosive father whilst constantly dodging the clutches of the mafia.
'An extraordinary story' Julie Gregory, author of Sickened

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 044652770X
• ISBN 13: 9780446527705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272