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Name: Wedded to crime
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Author: Sandy Sadowsky

Wedded to Crime chronicles the life of Sandy Sadowsky, who at nineteen married nightclub owner Bernie Barton, a longtime associate of Meyer Lansky. The memoir describes Sadowsky’s rise from working‑class Brooklyn to Park Avenue, her experiences in Rome laundering money through the Vatican, and her involvement in a Harlem ministry. After Bernie’s death, Sadowsky faced the ruthlessness of the mob world as new kingpins entered her life.

First publish date: 1992

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography

Authors: Sandy Sadowsky

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