Mafia Wife: Revised Edition My Story of Love, Murder, and Madness - Softcover

Milito, Lynda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479735388 ISBN 13: 9781479735389

Publisher: XLIBRIS, 2012

Synopsis

When Lynda Lustig met Louie Milito, she was a sixteen-year-old high-school dropout with a taste for adventure and an agonizing childhood. When they were married two years later, he was not yet a "made man" in the powerful Gambino crime family. Louie was a hairdresser who dabbled in petty thievery. But Lynda was so happy to be out of her domineering mother's loveless house. And over the years, she was willing to forgive her husband for anything: his violent rages, his frequent absences, his shady associates, and the blood on his hands. For twenty-four years Lynda Milito remained loyal to this charming and dangerous criminal -- her children's father and close friend of crime boss John Gotti and underboss Sammy "the Bull" Gravano. But in 1988, Louie Milito disappeared, murdered by the very people he had always trusted to protect him.

A crime story, a family story, a love story, "Mafia Wife" is the shockingly intimate, brutally honest tale of a survivor -- and of the life she lived in the dark bosom of the underworld.

About this title

Review:

"Palpable . . . offers an often-shocking glimpse inside the world of organized crime." -- Booklist

"Excellent job of keeping the narrative running smoothly . . . and maintaining Milito's honest and streetwise Brooklyn voice." -- --PublishersWeekly.com

"Gripping . . . An absorbing, myth-smashing tale . . . " -- Toronto Sun

"Brutally honest . . . Fascinating." -- Bookreporter.com

Synopsis:

The wife of a member of the Gambino family chronicles the rise and fall of this underworld gang and describes her view inside the Mafia, her turbulent marriage, and her life following the 1988 disappearance of her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: XLIBRIS
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479735388
• ISBN 13: 9781479735389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406