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The Family: A Read with Jenna Pick
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A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.
Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.
Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers' unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love.
But the disappearance of Antonia's father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society's expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it's too late.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780525542001
EAN:
9780525542001
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
384
Authors:
Naomi Krupitsky
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published Date: 2022-11-10
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Mob story that focuses more on the bloom relations between “Family” and family. A bit stressful to read; clever writing and scary content made scarier by the truth of the matter.
Naomi Krupitsky weaves a haunting tale of friendship that will stay with you long after you put it down. She develops her characters slowly, richly as they grow older, both the children and the adults. They are all complex - even the babies! It is a wonderful story of friendship, family and Family. Can’t wait for more from this author.
It was an amazing read! The love, friendship, and familial ties weave throughout a story of survival and finding your identity. The ending was satisfying!
Was not expecting this.Thank you to the author for their ability to articulate and gather raw, wild, indescribable individual emotions and then distill these so powerfully yet delicately into the magic that became these characters....Having just finished reading, I have no words right now. Antonia, Sofia and their Family are still in the room with me and I want to sit with them a moment longer.My only complaint is that, by finishing this book, my glimpse into these lives has sadly ended.
A wonderful story told by a masterful writer. Her imagery and descriptions brought me into the characters and made their lives relatable.
