Program Description: Discussion of historical novel, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: Rise & Fall of an American Crime Boss by Margalit Fox.
America’s first great organized-crime lord was a woman. Combining historical research with narrative, this is the true story of a once-famous notorious Jewish woman. Mrs. Mandelbaum came as an immigrant in steerage in 1850, and by the 1870s she had become a fixture of NY's Gilded Age high society, but she was also a criminal mastermind. A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
12:30pm-Bring your non-meat lunch. Drinks & dessert are provided
