Loretta Giacoletto

Chicago's Headmaster: A Sequel to Chicago's Headmistress (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

During the height of The Great Depression in 1931 and due to unforeseen circumstances, Matt Pagano finds himself in charge of what was once Chicago's most innovative brothel. At 23 and with no leadership experience, Matt must depend on Ugo Sapone, the former owner's confidante and right-hand man, to help him bring Night School back to those glory days guaranteed to provide his employees a decent income as well as others, good or bad, the opportunity to profit from Night School's rejuvenation.

In addition to Matt's vulnerable Night School staff, his challenging new world includes the lowliest of Chicago's Underworld, the upper echelon of Chicago's finest, wealthy outsiders determined to expand their business opportunities, and those who care for the sick and dying as well as orphans with no homes and children hoping to reunite with their families. Matt promises himself not to mix business with pleasure-but some promises were meant to be broken. Or at the very least, reevaluated.

"Careful who you ask God to bless, Matteo," Ugo tells Matt several months after he takes over Night School. "Today's ally could be tomorrow's enemy."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Loretta Giacoletto
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781393785163
• Artikelnr.: 60403828

Autorenporträt

Loretta Giacoletto divides her time between the St. Louis Metropolitan area and Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks where she concentrates on writing fiction, essays, and her blog Loretta on Life while her husband cruises the waters for bass and crappie. Their five children have left the once chaotic nest but occasionally return for her to-die-for ravioli and roasted peppers topped with garlic-laden bagna càuda. An avid traveler, she has visited numerous countries in Europe and Asia but Italy remains her favorite, especially the area from where her family originates: the Piedmont region near the Italian alps.

Loretta's novels are filled with bawdy characters caught up in problems they must suffer the consequences for having created. In LETHAL PLAY a grieving widow is suspected of killing her son's coach, a man with more enemies than friends. FAMILY DECEPTIONS follows two generations of earthy characters who learn to thrive and/or survive through a series of misdeeds, the worst against those they love the most. FREE DANNER features a cynical young man whose troubled past and deadly encounters hinder his search for the father he has yet to meet. THE FAMILY ANGEL is an Italian/American saga about the Americanization of an immigrant family of bootleggers, coalminers, winemakers and priests, and a mysterious black angel who enjoys sticking his nose in the family business. CHICAGO'S HEADMISTRESS, a prequel and partial parallel to THE FAMILY ANGEL, follows a 1905 Italian street urchin's notorious rise to wealth and power as the headmistress of Night School, Prohibition Chicago's most popular and innovative men's club in the 1920s. Loretta is also the author of A COLLECTION OF GIVERS AND TAKERS, an anthology of twisted stories about the good, the bad, the self-centered and the disillusioned

In addition to the horror anthologies, Damned in Dixie and Hell in the Heartland, Loretta's short stories have appeared in a number of publications including The MacGuffin, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, The Scruffy Dog Review, Allegory and Literary Mama, which nominated her story "Tom" for Dzanc's 2010 Best of The Web.