The godmothers : a novel / Camille Aubray.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 416 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062983695
- 0062983695
- Godmothers : it's the family that matters
- Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A group of deeply complex and beautifully written women . . . Aubray marries history, suspense and womanhood in a story perfect for devouring."--Newsweek
For readers of Naomi Krupitsky's The Family! An irresistible, suspenseful novel about four women who marry into an elegant, prosperous Italian family, and then must take charge of the family's business when their husbands are forced to leave them during the war.
Meet the Godmothers: Filomena is a clever and resourceful war refugee with a childhood secret. Amie, a beautiful and dreamy French girl from upstate New York, escapes an abusive husband for a new life. Lucy, a tough-as-nails Irish lass, runs away from a strict girls' home to become a nurse. And the glamorous Petrina, the family's only daughter, graduates with honors from Barnard College despite a past trauma that nearly caused a family scandal.
All four women become godmothers to one another's children, finding hope and shelter in this prosperous family and their sumptuous Greenwich Village home.
But the women's secret pasts lead to unforeseen consequences and betrayals that threaten to unravel all their carefully laid plans. And when they must unexpectedly contend with notorious gangsters like Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano, the four Godmothers learn to put aside their differences so that they can work together to protect their loved ones and find their own unique paths to the futures they've always dreamed of.
Godmothers to one another's children, four women who married into a prosperous Italian family must come together, despite secrets and betrayals, when their husbands are forced to leave them during World War II, pitting them against notorious gangsters who run the streets of New York City.
Filomena is a clever and resourceful war refugee with a childhood secret, who comes to America to wed Mario, the family's favored son. Amie, a beautiful and dreamy French girl from upstate New York, escapes an abusive husband after falling in love with Johnny, the oldest of the brothers. Lucy, a tough-as-nails Irish nurse, ran away from a strict girls' home and marries Frankie, the sensuous middle son. And the glamorous Petrina, the family's only daughter, graduates with honors from Barnard College despite a past trauma that nearly caused a family scandal. The four women become godmothers to one another's children, finding hope and shelter in this prosperous family. But secret pasts-- and events during World War II-- lead to betrayals that threaten to unravel all their carefully laid plans. -- adapted from jacket