Blood Bond: Love and Hatred Surface in a Brutal Test of Family Ties

Two brothers, Nino and Nicholas Cienza, eight years apart in age and light years apart in lifestyle, struggle throughout their lives to maintain a relationship despite their differences. Nino, the older of the pair, becomes an attorney after years of struggling to meet tuition payments. Nicky, the only other male in this blue-collar immigrant family, turns to racketeering at a very young age. The disparity in their chosen careers leads to continuous conflict, yet they somehow manage to remain closely linked through court cases, prison terms, female relationships, political campaigns and even gun battles until Nicky's illness and subsequent death. The story opens in a deteriorating industrial city in New Jersey whose economic base has fallen prey to the promise of tax inducements and cheap labor in the Cotton Belt. As jobs disappeared, so did many of the Old World customs and traditions that had been the glue holding the immigrant community of mill workers together. The tale of the Cienza brothers unfolds against the background of these changing socio-economic conditions. The story then winds through Washington, Manhattan and Victoria City (pseudonym for Atlantic City) as the brothers cross paths repeatedly, often with dire consequences.

Author: Paul Alongi,Charles Jacobs
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: 12/01/2002
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781403322289

About the Author
PAUL ALONGI, SR

A graduate of Rutgers University and Seton Hall Law School, Paul Alongi has been a practicing attorney, a professional saxophonist and an executive in the insurance industry. His efforts as a volunteer are legendary. He is a former National President of UNICO, and has been knighted by the Italian government. CHARLES JACOBS A graduate of Columbia College and the Graduate School of Journalism, Charles Jacobs has served as Publisher of major daily newspaper groups on both coasts and as Editor-in-Chief of a million circulation lifestyle magazine. He is an award-winning freelance writer and editor of an international travel web site. His work has appeared in publications from the Los Angeles Times on the West Coast to the New York Times in the East.

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