Rebel Girl and the Godfather

New York City’s Italians and the Fight for Civil Rights

2025 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Biography (Adult Nonfiction)
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"REBEL GIRL AND THE GODFATHER tells the gripping true story of Mary Sansone, an Italian American housewife, and Joe Colombo, a Mafia boss, as they clashed over civil rights in 1960s–70s Brooklyn … Decker's book uncovers a surprising chapter in America's civil rights and ethnic history." — New York Trend