Wonderland, 9781668005057
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Mob ties, family secrets: a daughter breaks free from Boston’s underworld.

Wonderland

A Tale of Hustling Hard and Breaking Even

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2025

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Summary

A “touching memoir” as one girl discovers how to break free from the criminal underworld that surrounds her.

Nicole Treska was born to a family of gangsters. In the 1970s, during Boston’s mob wars, her grandfather’s diner was an unofficial headquarters for Whitey Bulger and other members of the Winter Hill Gang. Nicole’s father was also an associate of the gang: there was talk that, before Nicole could walk, her stroller was used as a decoy to sell drugs. In 1985, her father was arres…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781668005057
ISBN-10:1668005050
Author:Nicole Treska
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:15 July 2025
Weight:113g
Dimensions:213mm x 142mm x 20mm
About The Author

Nicole Treska

Nicole Treska is the author of the debut memoir Wonderland. Her short fiction has appeared in New York Tyrant magazine, Epiphany literary journal, and Egress: New Openings in Literary Art. Her interviews and reviews are up at Electric Literature, Guernica, The Millions, BOMB, and The Rumpus. She lives in Harlem with her husband, James, and their three-legged dog, Nadine.

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