{"product_id":"transferable-skills-tales-of-a-mafioso-nerd-the-compelling-story-of-how-i-survived-my-mother-and-the-mafia-9798290499093","title":"Transferable Skills: Tales of a Mafioso Nerd: The Compelling Story of How I survived my Mother and The Mafia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Erik Grob\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: White Collar Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHE WAS THE PREPPY CORPORATE STRATEGIST. HE WAS ALSO THE MOB'S MOST TRUSTED NERD. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author's youth can be described as a crucible of hypervigilance and strategic subterfuge, honed survival aptitudes developed through the ages of 5 and 15. While spending sometimes 40 weekends a year with his German Orthodox Jewish grandparents; living within the Holocaust Survivors Community. these skills became the coin of an extraordinary dual existence. In \"\u003cb\u003eTransferable Skills: Tales of a Mafioso Nerd\u003c\/b\u003e\", Erik Grob unveils a cinematic, no holds bared autobiography of stark contrasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe chronicles a journey from a youth fractured by daily emotional abuse of his mentally ill mother and entangled in teenage white-collar crime, to a precarious balancing act between two opposing selves: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn educated wet behind the ears Corporate IT Strategist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe trusted confidant of a powerful mafia underboss.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCentral to his narrative is the potent concept of \"\u003cb\u003etransferable skills\u003c\/b\u003e\"-childhood survival aptitudes that blossom into remarkable utility in unforeseen arenas. This autobiography can leave reader asking themselves, \"What are my own transferable skills - what and when were they developed?\" Such self introspection can certainly was cathartic. The author, a \u003cb\u003eGeneration X\u003c\/b\u003e kid, growing up in North Jersey in the 1980's - the height of local mob activity, Grob states that his autobiography, \"....[the book] is a far cry from T\u003ci\u003ehe Sopranos, Goodfellas, or The Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e, just read the first chapter.\" So that's what we did - click Read Sample and you'll find that the first chapter is available in its entirety.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46335000412311,"sku":"9798290499093","price":1104.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798290499093.webp?v=1768673804","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/transferable-skills-tales-of-a-mafioso-nerd-the-compelling-story-of-how-i-survived-my-mother-and-the-mafia-9798290499093","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}