Book description
The Hat begins with the brief, chilling murder of the godfather of the
Jewish bootlegging world. The killer disappears without a trace and then
in flashback we meet Kate Brady who has just been fired from her job at
Shapiro's Bakery. With an alcoholic mother and the joblessness of The
Great Depression, Kate has little hope for a future until she meets the
magnetic bootlegger Ben Gold. After an intense courtship, they marry.
Ben's hit man, Sam Ginzberg, and his handsome and decent bookkeeper,
Bobby Keane, witness Kate and Ben's wedding. The charged love affair
between Bobby and Kate, and their struggle to escape Ben, leads to a
startling denouement. Amid the drama of Prohibition, The Great
Depression and the birth of the Mafia, the novel ends in suspense,
surprise and revelation. Cleveland, Ohio native BABETTE ROSEN HUGHES is
a bootlegger's daughter whose father and uncle were murdered by the
Mafia. Ms. Hughes is the co-author of Why College Students Fail and
author of the memoir, Lost And Found. Her published columns, articles
and book reviews can be found in the Saturday Review, Cleveland Plain
Dealer, Cleveland Magazine and the Cleveland Press. Babette and her
husband are parents and stepparents to eight children and now reside in
Austin, Texas. Join the author on Facebook and visit her website: www.
babettehughes. com.
