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Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family
In an autobiography illustrated with family photographs, the daughter of a gangster once the most powerful Mafia boss west of the Mississippi and an award-winning investigative reporter reveal the day-to-day life of a Mafia family
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Hardcover
Published January 1, 1984
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October 1, 2025
A quintessential iconic tell-all, but I hope Toni found some peace in life.
June 11, 2011
I suppose, like a lot of people, I have some fascination with the mafia, enjoying the Godfather films and the Sopranos series, etc. Figured this one by Sam Giancana's daughter would be extremely interesting but it fell short in a number of ways - can't believe I stuck with it til the end in retrospect.
Not particularly well written and the whole thing comes across as "pity me, I just wanted my father's love and never was sure I had it." And then all the dialog from transcripts of conversations with so many blanks in them it was difficult to determine what was even said. Numerous references to all the illegal wiretaps and such by the government, not much about what all her father was guilty of...then in the end with all his millions, somehow when he was murdered, she only got about $50,000 after taxes. It was as though this was the final insult - no love, bad government/law enforcement, and she didn't get all the spoils of his criminal operations.
Tough to pity this one - think the shock treatments she received at the psychiatric hospital probably didn't help much....
Not particularly well written and the whole thing comes across as "pity me, I just wanted my father's love and never was sure I had it." And then all the dialog from transcripts of conversations with so many blanks in them it was difficult to determine what was even said. Numerous references to all the illegal wiretaps and such by the government, not much about what all her father was guilty of...then in the end with all his millions, somehow when he was murdered, she only got about $50,000 after taxes. It was as though this was the final insult - no love, bad government/law enforcement, and she didn't get all the spoils of his criminal operations.
Tough to pity this one - think the shock treatments she received at the psychiatric hospital probably didn't help much....
April 24, 2008
Written by mob boss Sam Giancanas daughter. I feel bad for her having to grow up in a situation like hers but she comes off a little egotistical in this book. Plus the more I hear about her in the news and see that she has a pasta sauce that claims "Just like dad used to make", makes me feel less sorry for her. The whole book she talks about how poorly she was treated by her family but it dosen't stop her from trying to cash in on the family name.
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June 13, 2010
Very interesting look into the "family" life.
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