Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

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Hachette Books, Mar 4, 2014 - Biography & Autobiography - 264 pages
The only daughter of Meyer Lansky opens up about her life as a wild child of the 1950Õs, her heartbreak and tragedy Ñ including the insanity of her mother, and the crippling handicap of her baby brother - and her fatherÕs unexpected tenderness.
 

Contents

The Unclehood
1
American Princess
21
Make Believe Ballroom
37
Homeland Insecurity
57
The Man in the Coonskin Cap
83
Teenage Wedding
109
The Honeymooners
135
Thats Amore
157
Girl Gone Wild
175
Notorious
193
Married a Gangster
209
Index
231
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About the author (2014)

Sandra Lansky lives in Florida with her husband.
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William Stadiem is a multipleÊNew York TimesÊbestselling writer and the author of eight books. He is a master of re-creating the glamour of AmericaÕs golden era with his bestsellersÊMarilyn Monroe Confidential, Mr. S: MyÊLife with Frank Sinatra,Êand George HamiltonÕsÊDonÕt Mind If I Do. He abandoned Wall Street for Sunset Boulevard, where he has since worked as a screenwriter, a columnist for Andy WarholÕsÊInterview, and the restaurant critic forÊLos Angeles. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

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