THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-A DAZZLING DEBUT- SARAH WINMAN-FOR FANS OF ELENA FERRANTE-STUNNING- WOMAN-S WEEKLY-VIVID AND AUTHENTIC- WASHINGTON POST-NAOMI KRUPITSKY''S WORDS SING-I COULDN''T PUT IT DOWN- JOANNA GLEN-GRIPPING-A TENSE, NUANCED DEBUT- PLATINUM-VIVIDLY-DRAWN-BEAUTIFUL. I LOVED IT!- CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD*A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick**Book of the Month club**One of Cosmopolitan-s Best Historical Fiction of 2021**One of PopSugar-s Best New Books of 2021*________________________________________________________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 spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers- unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather