{"product_id":"mob-girl-a-womans-life-in-the-underworld-9781476795713","title":"Mob Girl: A Woman's Life in the Underworld","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Teresa Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter comes the captivating true-crime story of a Mafia moll--\"the female counterpart of the pseudonymous Henry Hill, the star of \u003ci\u003eWiseguy\u003c\/i\u003e....An insider's view of mob life that is by turns comic and chilling\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArlyne Weiss grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the daughter of a Jewish mobster who ran an auto sales business as a front. From a young age she idolized Virginia Hill, the girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel, and aspired to what she saw as a glamorous and exciting life. After a brief marriage to a furrier named Norman Brickman, she achieved her goal and then some, inserting herself into the lives of dozens of wiseguys--Italian mobsters were her preference--and becoming addicted to the rush of danger and lawlessness. But after years of violence, a brutal gang rape, and finally, threats against her daughter, she turned the tables on those who betrayed her and became a government informant, wearing a wire and ultimately becoming a major witness in the government's successful case against the Colombo crime family.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411040755863,"sku":"9781476795713","price":1202.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476795713.webp?v=1767149750","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mob-girl-a-womans-life-in-the-underworld-9781476795713","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}