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The Apple and the Shady Tree
The Mafia, My family, and Me
The true story of how a Jewish New Yorker’s familial relations to the Mafia profoundly shaped her life.
They say that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” In Lisa Novick Goldberg’s memoir, she explores the veracity of this proverb by examining her complicated relationship with her father, whose closest friends happen to be the bosses of the Genovese crime family.
About Lisa Novick Goldberg
Lisa Novick Goldberg was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the Five Towns on Long Island. She raised her daughter, Maggie, in Ardsley, New York. Lisa received her bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and her master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. She now lives in Coconut Grove, Florida, with her husband, Stan Blake. The Apple and the Shady Tree is her first book.
