Mobfather: The Story of a Wife And Son Caught in the Web of the Mafia

Seldom has a book given readers intimate access into the lives of the unsung victims of organized crime: the wives and children of Mafia men. Mobfather is the shocking true story of two such innocent bystanders - Maryanne DelGiorno and her young son, Bobby. Caught up in the violent world of the mob, they lived in constant fear for their lives...until Maryanne and Bobby decided to do the impossible: break all ties to the Mafia. Here is the riveting account of a woman who married a penny-ante hood and watched in horror as he rose through the ranks of the mob. Here is the tale of Bobby DelGiorno, whose hero-worship of his "glamorous" gangster dad drew him like a magnet into a world of fancy clothes, expensive cars, and horrific bloodshed. And here is the first-hand, never-before-told story of the abuses Bobby suffered at the hands of his father while living under police protection. Based on extensive interviews and thousands of pages of court testimony, award-winning journalist George Anastasia vividly recounts the rise of Tommy DelGiorno into a ruthless soldier for the most violent Mafia family in Philadelphia history - an organization Tommy would eventually turn against as a federal government witness. A compelling and poignant story of a mother and son who withstood the wrath of the mob to save themselves, Mobfather is also the story of a vicious and amoral gangster whose crimes included taking out a contract on his own son's life.