The Good Mothers audiobook

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I really didn't know much about the Mafia until I read this book. This is a very informant book about the Mafia, and how the women and children were treated. Prosecutor Alessandra really is a brave lady that brings justice to women and children of the Mafia and destroys a large portion of the Calabrina Mafia known as the Ndrangheta. It is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world with branches stretching from America to Australia. Prosecutor Alessandra got a lot of the Mafia women to trust her and testify against their own family members to bring them down. This Mafia kills anyone that got in their way including their own family members. A must read. Very interesting and informative.

This is a really interesting expose into the modern southern-Italian mafia and how prosecutors have exploited its terrible mistreatment of its female family members to obtain intelligence and convictions. If the Amanda Knox prosecution left you shaking your head at the state of Italian law enforcement, this book is an effective rebuttal that shows that there are many dedicated and competent members of that community risking their lives to do the right thing. Two things were startling to me as an American: that prosecutors live more or less like they're in witness protection themselves because the threat of assassination is ever present, and their surveillance capability is really, really broad.

Fascinating look at how the Calabrian mafia, the 'Ndrangheta, operates and how it was cut down to size in Italy by some dedicated prosecutors aided by women insiders who wanted a better life for themselves and their children. Perry's theme is that the women members of the clan are important players, and getting to them is the way to get to the heart of the criminal organization.The book is a good read, and apparently well-researched. But I would have liked to see more about what women inside do, besides run messages and occasionally drugs. Are some involved in making decisions? Does their power really lie only in what they might be able tell investigators?In many macho societies, men make most of the decisions, but women have a large say in how the household is run and the children are raised. This would seem not to be the case here, despite what Perry says. Their power only comes from what they might tell the outside, and their men conspire to make sure they are too afraid to do that. The four women Perry writes about are courageous exceptions.

An astonishing and courageous book I usually listen to my books In the car only. But the content and the manner in which the book is written had me listening at every opportunity. I am familiar with the mafiosi of Sicilia, Napoli and Calabria. And the Ndrangheta is by far the most infiltrated into many countries and their daily dealings. With the zeitgeist of #metoo, this book is timeous and captures that most eloquently.

Many a true crime novel has been dedicated to the mafia in one form or another. Its history has been sprawled across so many pages that it is hard to not have a little knowledge about them and what they have done. But one common thread in all these books is the focus on the lives of men in these families. So what becomes of the weaves and daughter of the powerful men, can they live with knowing what their husbands do and where the money comes from. This is where the author starts his book. These women have a hard life stuck at the whims of the males in their families. It strikes me that for them the only way out they can see is to be murdered. How can living in constant fear be any way to live your life. There is no free will allowed to them, Having seen up close what controlling men can do to women it is a very terrifying sight to see. It is the disappearance of one Young wife that spurs on one prosecutor to act. Things need to change and in a fight against a group of people who are whiling to kill anyone who gets in there way it is a fight that will take everything they have. For me, it takes a look at something that for far too long has been overlooked. For to often, we have assumed the complicity of these women. In taking us in to there lives we get a real eye-opening look at what really goes on. For these women, it takes every ounce of courage they have to stand up and allow their voices to be heard loud and clear. This book for me turned my head upside down. I learned a lot from reading the pages of this book, the 'Ndrangheta are group most of us have not heard of but this doesn't make them any less dangerous. For a hundred and fifty years they have cut a bloody path through southern Italy The author walks an amazingly fine line as he tells the story of these women alongside the hunt to bring these men to justice. Throughout the book plenty of time is devoted to backing up there stories with the facts that give great credence to the lives these women have been forced to live. At times it is truly shocking the violence that they have suffered. For me, I think it takes so much to stand up when you already know the probable outcome is for your body to never been found. It is a battle that is hard fought and you can not feel the greatest respect for them. It is also the danger the author puts himself in, in telling their story. For me he managed to pull off with great success, I could not put this book down as I become captivated by the stories of everyone concerned. Maybe it's just to easy to become oblivious to the lives of others as we live in the bubble of our own lives. If like me you have read a great many books about the Italian mafia I feel this book will show you the other side of what happens. That sometimes it takes a few brave women to start a change that can affect the lives of so many others in the region and the country they live in. I highly recommend this book it's well written and contains a whole bunch of pictures to give faces to the names. If you want some new true crime novel to jump into I suggest you go grab your self a copy.

Na leidykla briedis tikrai ir vėl pasistengė. Paskutiniu metu pastebiu, kad mano knygų lentyna vis pildo knygos paremtos realiais faktais. Ne išimtis ir šis, pasakojantis apie galingiausią pasaulio mafiją, kuri įsikūrusi Italijoje. Tik pradėjusi skaityti, tikrai buvau ne vieną ir ne du kartus šiek tiek pasimetusi – daug visokiausių vietovių, vardų, pavardžių ir dar nepalengvino situacijos, kad juos saistė kažkoks ryšys. Tačiau skaitant toliau vis buvo įdomiau ir įdomiau. Viskas puikiai susidėliojo į savo vietas ir norėjosi vis skaityti, kad sužinočiau kas ir kaip vyko toliau. Knygoje aprašyta istorija tikrai ne kiekvienam. Ji šokiruojanti, žiauri, tačiau tuo pačiu įdomi ir nepaprasta. Nors tikrai galiu pasakyti, kad sunkiai sekėti įsijausti į pasakojimą, bet bendrai istorija patiko ir labai įtraukė. Siūlyčiau tiems, kurie mėgstate tikras istorijas apie be galo, tikrai be galo, stiprias moteris. Tai tik įrodymas, kad nei viena moteris nėra silpnoji lytis ir jei tik yra noro jos gali pasiekti visko, kaip tarkim šioje knygoje parklupdyti taip manančius apie jas. Tikrai rekomendacija.

If you in the mafia, no matter if you are a woman or not, you must be loyal or else there will be no life ahead. Womans who are daughters of mafia bosses or married with one of them..their life is in the mafia, if you betray them, then it will have a cost. When a prosecutor, Alessandra Cerreti, had an idea of contacting mistreated or vulnerable womans from the italian mafia to gain proves to able build criminal cases against the Ndrangheta, which at the start had a good outcome and results. But didn’t last long, when the mafia showed their dark side, when they kill of the members of the family, Lea Garofalo, due to treason. The mafia doesn’t show flexibility or mercy when someone turn their back, especially if comes from a wife, daughter, niece or granddaughter.(True Story!) 4 ⭐️

This book is very informational, though it does read as a novel too. I guess I've been oblivious to this huge crime syndicate, and was kind of floored by the depth and the extent of their reach. I have to admit I did skim/scan some parts, but enjoyed following the mothers' lives and their attempts to escape the life of the mafia family.

Enjoyed it a lot. Detailed review later

Received this ARC from Westwinds Bookshop, Duxbury, MAInteresting non-fiction story about a mafia most of us have never heard of.

Amazing book - captivating from the first page. Pulls you into the characters' lives and stories while also providing a broad view of the investigation and prosecution Calabrian Mafia as a whole.