Chicago. The city of vice, where more gangsters grow up like mushrooms after rain. And by their side they - women hungry for adventures and experiences, ready to suffer and die, and above all:thirsty for passionate love. We know their names.
Mae - partner of Al Capone, the most famous gangster in history. The most mysterious and discreet of the Mafia women.
Margaret - femme fatale, black widow, ruthless and independent. On a whim, he causes the death of his other partners.
Kathryn - a female gangster. To save her own skin, she is able to sell her husband to the FBI.
Bonnie - thirsty for love and… money. Together with his lover Clyde, he steals cars, murders sheriffs, policemen and completely random people. When happiness is over, she will die with her beloved, riddled with bullets.
And not only. This is the incredible fate of a handful of women who are just standing in the spotlight. Because that's what the story is about.
You can read about the most dangerous women in the American underworld in Diane Ducret's book "Mafia Women" (Znak Horizon 2017).
1920s, United States. Damn times of prohibition. Hell for ordinary people, heaven for criminals. Scandals, gang fights and shootings are the order of the day. More kings of the mafia are making headlines. But this seemingly masculine world has its quiet heroines.
Diane Ducret shows the world of the mafia through the eyes of women. The ones who knew when to step out of the shadows and grab everything. Their stories are different, but they have one thing in common:to live in their own way, they would stop at nothing.
Time to read the best book on the mafia. Because the mafia is a woman.