The Exceptions
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4.6 • 19 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
From David Cristofano, the Edgar Award-nominated author of The Girl She Used to Be, comes a poignant, darkly witty story about the ties that bind us together . . . and the choices that rip us apart.
No loose ends. It's the Bovaro family motto. As part of the Bovaro clan, one of the most powerful and respected families in organized crime, Jonathan knows what he must do: take out Melody Grace McCartney, the woman whose testimony can lock up his father and disgrace his entire family. The only problem: he can't bring himself to do it.
Had Jonathan kept his silence, Melody and her parents would never have been identified and lured into the Witness Protection Program, able to run but never to hide. So he keeps her safe the only way he knows how-by vowing to clean up his own mess while acting as her shield.
But as he watches her take on another new identity in yet another new town, becoming a beautiful but broken woman, Jonathan can't get her out of his mind . . . or his heart. From the streets of Little Italy to a refuge that promises a fresh start, Jonathan will be forced to choose between the life he's always known, the destiny his family has carved out for him, and a future unlike anything he's ever imagined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cristofano knows a good story when he writes one. So he's sticking with the tale he told in his Edgar-nominated first novel, The Girl She Used to Be, about a girl in the federal Witness Protection Program and her would-be assassin. This time Cristofano adopts, la Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Johnny Bovaro's point of view. When Johnny, the third son of a crime boss in New York's Little Italy neighborhood, came upon the scene of a mob hit in one of his dad's restaurants as a young man, he told a crooked cop that there were other witnesses present as well a little girl and her parents unwittingly condemning them to the life that will be familiar to readers of The Girl She Used to Be. Although Johnny grows up to become the one family member no other Bovaro understands, "the rebel" of the family, he is nonetheless eventually dispatched to clean up this loose end, which means unearthing and targeting the innocent family and their lovely daughter for assassination. Instead, he becomes obsessed with protecting the young woman, following her bleak existence as she exchanges one identity for another, until he can stand it no longer. As Johnny contemplates a different future than he'd ever envisioned, he struggles to overcome his indelible bonds to his violent family. An intriguing companion piece and a good read.
Customer Reviews
The exceptions
Best book i have ever read so far! I couldn't put the book down and it kept me captivated all night because i just couldn't stop reading. I love how cristiano makes you feel part of the book, as if you were there.