Mob Daughter The Mafia Sammy Author:Karen Gravano, Lisa Pulitzer A revealing memoir by the daughter of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and star of the VH1 reality�TV show Mob WivesKaren Gravano is the daughter of Sammy ?the Bull? Gravano, one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With 19 confessed murders,�the former Gambino Family underboss was John Gotti?s right-hand man, and the highest ranking gangster ever to tu... more »rn State?s evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family.� But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. �He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table.� He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. �He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn?t come home at all.� He hosted ?secret? meetings at�their house, and had countless whispered conversations with ?business associates.? By the age of twelve,�Karen knew he was a gangster.� And as she grew up, while her peers worried about clothes and�schoolwork, she was coming face-to-face with crime and murder.� Gravano was nineteen years old when�her father turned his back on the mob and cooperated with the Feds.� The fabric of�her family was ripped apart, and they were�instantly ostracized from the communities�they grew up in, living in fear of retaliation.This is the story of a daughter?s struggle to�reconcile the image of�her loving father with�that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in the rift between the two,�she was able to forge a life.« less