Silk

by Paul Lally

It’s the Roaring ‘20s. America wants silk at any price…. Japan has it…And when Chicago mobsters hijack a multi-million-dollar “Silk Train” on its way to New York, Japanese silk merchant Aiko Satō loses her family company’s fortune. But with the help of family and friends, including mobster-king Al Capone, she gets the chance of a lifetime to turn tragedy into triumph. Will she take it? SILK is a coming-of-age story of a shy young Japanese woman growing up to become a take-no-prisoners champion for her family’s silk company. Caught up in action-adventure, surrounded by historic characters alive and kicking in the booze-and-broads, Charleston age, Aiko lives in a time when silk was silk, blood was blood, and love showed up in the damnedest places.

418 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 11, 2014

About the author

Paul M. Lally a television producer, writer, director, and host/narrator who has worked for PBS and Walt Disney Productions. He has directed over 100 episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.