The Company She Keeps
by Georgia Durante
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Author: Georgia DuranteEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-07
ISBN: 0451225686
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Signet
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Book Review: She kept dangerous company - and what a great personal story it is!
Summary: 5 Stars
Model, stunt driver, get-away driver for the mafia and now author, Georgia Durante, gives readers an rare insiders look at a world we never get to see. In her brilliantly written personal memoir "The Company She Keeps" she exposes the underbelly of the mob. As a former mafia wife and friend to many of the East coast's biggest mobsters, she was in a privileged position to see and hear things that if she talked about could get her killed.
Georgia tells of a life that few can actually relate to in any fashion at all. First off, she is a stunningly beautiful young women who begins modeling in her hometown. Then, she gets raped, beat up, has her life threaten, gets used as a get-away driver for a robbery, gets married and divorced several times, gets abused by boy friends and husbands, sees friends and people she knows get beaten up and killed, escapees an abusive relationship, is a victim of a deadly stalker, is arrested in Vegas, interviewed by the FBI, loses custody of her children at some point in time and creates her own stunt driving business. That only opens up a brief look at the complex world of emotional and spiritual experiences she has endured and survived through.
The book truly reads like a great action novel (like The Godfather) but it has so much more feeling and energy. We finally get to see and feel what this lifestyle is like from the female point of view. You come away realizing how strong this women was and continues to be. She could have given up and had just gone along with the flow but she chose to take charge of her life and thus took some huge risks in order to become independent and healthy.
For readers who love Mafia type of genre this is a wonderful book. However, if you dig a little deeper into her story you will see an almost stealth like spiritual presence in her story as she evolves and grows emotionally and spiritually. Towards the end of the book, readers who are more in-tune with the universe, will see her change from someone out to have a good time and just survive to someone who is searching for the real meaning in her life.
Georgia has taken up the cause of battered and abused women and uses her money, fame and connections for the betterment of others. She has truly come full circle in her life. She is still creating her life-story - but one cannot help but come away from reading this book believing very strongly, that she will continue her spiritual quest for inner peace for herself and others. It is hard not to truly like Georgia, there is just something special that emanates from her very soul - and it is not just skin deep!
I will admit that at times during the reading of this book that I was sadden and had tears for her situation. I even wanted to go strike out against those forces in her life that were so evil and negative. I hurt for her when I read about the abuse she went through. It was an eye-opener for me. I came away with a clearer understanding of the issue of abuse that women and children put up with. It was not comfortable to read but it is message that needs to be shared.
This book has been nominated for one of The American Authors Association's annual book awards. It has also earned their top book rating of FIVE STARS. More importantly, it has earned my highest personal recommendation. The book is a page turner and will emotionally move you long after you finish reading it.
Summary of The Company She Keeps
A female Goodfellas? the true story of A supermodel turned getaway driver for the mob.
All-American beauty Georgia Durante was one of the most photographed models in the country when she married mobster Joe Lamendola. It plunged her into a world she never dreamed of?and one she feared she?d never survive?as a getaway driver for the Mafia and an eyewitness to unspeakable violence, brutality, and murder, as she came to understand the terrifying risk of being married to the Mob.
All-American beauty Georgia Durante was one of the most photographed models in the country when she married mobster Joe Lamendola. It plunged her into a world she never dreamed of?and one she feared she?d never survive?as a getaway driver for the Mafia and an eyewitness to unspeakable violence, brutality, and murder, as she came to understand the terrifying risk of being married to the Mob.
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