The Family

The Instant New York Times bestseller A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick 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. Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spiritloud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtfulever observing the world around her. Best friends since birththey live in the shadow of their fathersΓÇÖ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feastdiscuss businessand renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of AntoniaΓÇÖs father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into womenwivesmothersand leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around themas they push against the boundaries of societyΓÇÖs expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before itΓÇÖs too late.