{"product_id":"rotten-roots-of-the-family-business-9798295735790","title":"Rotten Roots of the Family Business","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amber Cole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Amber Cole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Amber Cole\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Type - Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor eight-year-old Bambi, her Papa Kenny Loznek was a hero, the kind-hearted bus driver who brought her Klondike bars, spoiled her relentlessly, and made her world feel safe. He was a simple, good man-a man who ran lists, counted deer, and lived a boring life in a quiet house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Papa dies in 2017, the flood of forgotten relatives and whispered stories at his funeral reveals a profound and shocking truth: \"Papa\" and \"Kenny Loznek\" were two different men. The man she loved was a \"chameleon,\" a hero who had successfully hidden a lifetime of secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Bambi pieces together the fragments of her family's past-from a teenage runaway who spent a night in the drunk tank to a father who taught his children the value of keeping distance from the law -she is forced to confront the chilling, untold history of the Loznek name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning generations, the truth leads her back to the violent, Prohibition-era Cleveland: a brutal world of saloons, speakeasies, and ruthless family patriarchs who used \"physical persuasion\" to collect debts and forge alliances with the city's Polish and Italian gangs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe deeper Bambi digs into the \"rotten roots\" of her inheritance, the clearer it becomes that the grandfather she knew was forged by a dangerous history he spent a lifetime burying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the secrets Papa took to his grave. Read \u003cem\u003eRotten Roots of the Family Business\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amber Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779081453719,"sku":"9798295735790","price":1505.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798295735790.webp?v=1778033260","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rotten-roots-of-the-family-business-9798295735790","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}