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Overview
An Unforgettable Look Inside the Godfather's Own House
She Was A Profaci. He Was A Bonanno
Rosalie Profaci was a Mafia princess. Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno, oldest son of Mafia Don Joe Bonanno, the real-life model for The Godfather, was organized crime's crown prince. And Bill, deeply involved in his father's "business" of mob schemes thought pretty Rosalie knew what it meant to be a "Mafia wife." But the convent-raised, deeply devout Rosalie, whose innocence was protected by her doting father, had no idea...
Their Marriage United Two Mafia Dynasties...
Mafia Marriage is Rosalie Bonanno's intimate account of life inside the secretive world of the Mafia. Naming names and providing shocking details, she writes about the wild spending sprees, the mysterious absences of her husband, the other women in his-their running from the law, the abductions, and shootings. Above all, Rosalie reveals the passion that kept her virtually a prisoner to love...and her heartbreaking journey of discovering the truth and trying to break free.
Synopsis
An Unforgettable Look Inside the Godfather's Own House that Inspired the CBS Miniseries Love, Honor and Obey She Was A Profaci. He Was A Bonanno. Rosalie Profaci was a Mafia princess. Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno, oldest son of Mafia Don Joe Bonanno, the real-life model for The Godfather, was organized crime's crown prince. And Bill, deeply involved in his father's "business" of mob schemes thought pretty Rosalie knew what it meant to be a "Mafia wife." But the convent-raised, deeply devout Rosalie, whose innocence was protected by her doting father, had no idea... Their Marriage United Two Mafia Dynasties... Mafia Marriage is Rosalie Bonanno's intimate account of life inside the secretive world of the Mafia. Naming names and providing shocking details, she writes about the wild spending sprees, the mysterious absences of her husband, the other women in his life, the running from the law, the abductions, and shootings. Above all, Rosalie reveals the passion that kept her virtually a prisoner to love...and her heartbreaking journey of discovering the truth and trying to break free.Editorials
Library Journal
Rosalie Profaci's marriage to Bill Bonanno in 1956 united two powerful New York Mafia families. Growing up in a protective cocoon, the bride was ignorant of her heritage--``I did not understand, never had understood, and probably never would''--and this made for a difficult marriage. In this sense, her book resembles Antoinette Giancana's Mafia Princess LJ 2/15/84, but the latter provides a better sense of Mafia life as a whole. The venerated ``code of silence'' means little to the Bonannos: they were the subject of Gay Talese's Honor Thy Father LJ 12/1/71, and family head Joe Bonanno wrote A Man of Honor LJ 8/83. Amazingly, Rosalie is still Mrs. Bonanno, despite the belief articulated in her brief, earnest, affecting book that Mafia men are ``rats.'' Appropriate for women's studies and organized crime collections.-- Gregor A. Preston, Univ. of California Lib., DavisBook Details
Published
March 14, 2003
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pages
288
ISBN
9781466820517