The family
(Book)

"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"-- Sofia is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they share everything from the brick wall that divides their apartments to the shadow cast by their fathers' unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond born of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia's father drives a whisper-thin wedge between them as they grow into women, wives, mothers and leaders. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it is too late. [From publisher's description],Provided by publisher.