So now since I finished the Alex Rider series I have started reading the book. On The Run. A Mafia Childhood by Gregg and Gina Hill. This book is basically a autobiography written by the two children of a mafia member named "Wise Guy" Henry Hill. In the book the two children talk about their life and what it was like being raised by a person in the Mafia.
In the book i found out that the two kids were only around the age of 5 when their father got arrested for a couple of years. This wasn't as big a shock to the two kids because whenever their father got arrested (Which was several times before this) their mother would only say that "Daddy's going away for a little while" Leaving the kids completely oblivious of what has actually happened. This really surprised me because I never thought a mother would lie like that. I know that their father got arrested but since it's already happened a few times and the children didn't know. When they get old enough to understand what prison is, it will scar them more than if they were told the truth at an earlier age.
I would hate to be the son of a man who is doing illegal things almost every day and Gregg and Gina despise it so much. In the book they speak a lot about how it was really hard being away from their father so much, and when he wasn't in prison he was normally out getting drunk at his bar until 3 am.
Although i am not very far into the book I can already feel the pain that these kids probably went through later on in life. And using what I know about the mafia and what my Grandfather told me about when he was a detective against them. I can see that these poor children have or had a long and terrible childhood ahead.
This was a pretty good post. Especially how you displayed your disbelief in the events with the mother lying. But that seems like you're only opinion with events on the outside world.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the kid above me , but see, I think that the mother did that to protect the kids.. So I think she did a good job at that, but the thing I would do differently is that I would dump the dad. Good job :)
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ReplyDeleteit's not "inappro" if ames was right next to me when I wrote it. there was a whole memo about stuff not being inappropro, if there is an adult within 50 ft. Both you and the computer guy were within that radius, so I rest my case.
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