The good mothers : (Record no. 35941)

MARC details
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780008222130
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 364.106082 PE GO
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Perry, Alex
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The good mothers :
Subtitle the true story of the women who took on the world's most powerful mafia /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Alex Perry
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London :
Publisher William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Date 2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 308 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Details ill., Maps, potraits ;
Size 20 cm.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Also published : New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index.<br/><br/>
SUMMARY
Summary You are born into it or marry in. Loyalty is absolute, bloodshed revered and you kill or go to your grave before betraying The Family. This code of omerta is how the 'Ndrangheta became the world's most powerful mafia. The Good Mothers is the story of the women who broke the silence. We live in their buildings, work in their companies, shop in their stores, eat in their restaurants and elect politicians they fund. Founded more than 150 years ago by shepherding families in the toe of Italy, the 'Ndrangheta is today the world's most powerful mafia, with a crushing presence in southern Italy, a market-moving size in global finance and a reach that extends to fifty countries around the world. And yet, remarkably, few of us have ever heard of it. The 'Ndrangheta's power rests on a code of silence, omerta, enforced by a claustrophobic family hierarchy and murderous misogyny. Men and boys rule. Girls are married off as teenagers in arranged clan alliances. Beatings are routine. A woman who is `unfaithful' - even to a dead husband - can expect her sons, brothers or father to kill her to erase the `family shame'. In 2009, when abused wife Lea Garofalo `disappears' after giving evidence against her mafiosi husband, prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti realises the 'Ndrangheta's bigotry may be its great flaw. The key to bringing down this criminal empire is to free its women and allow them to speak out and testify. When Alessandra finds two collaborators inside Italy's biggest crime families, she must persuade them to cooperate, and save themselves and their children. The stakes could not be higher. Alessandra is fighting to save a nation. The mafiosi are fighting for their existence. The women are fighting for their lives. Not all will survive.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Women and the mafia
Geographic Italy
-- Calabria
General History
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Organized crime
Geographic Italy
-- Calabria
General History
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Criminal investigation
Geographic Italy
-- Calabria
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Informers
Geographic Italy
-- Calabria
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
-- 22455
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
-- 28034
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
-- 28035
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
-- 28029
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
-- 28036
Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Public note Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
02/05/2019 364.106082 PE GO T0062376 02/05/2019 REGULAR May 2019   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 02/05/2019 Virgin Megastore