Carol Gino – författare

“Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo’s best.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys

“One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction.” —Booklist

Mario Puzo’s final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written.  In The Family, Puzo—whom the Washington Post calls, “A serious American talent”—plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling intrigues and deadly affairs of the remarkable family whose name has always been synonymous with power, corruption, poison, and murder: the infamous Borgias.

This is the story of one woman''s quest for a Divine Vision and the unexpected ways in which her prayers were answered. It is an introduction as well as an advanced exploration of the dance between spirit and soul, shared in a clever, heartwarming, and humorous way.When Carol finds her consciousness shifting during the months of healing following a cerebral hemorrhage (or what she calls "the brain blitz") in the left hemisphere of her brain, it concerns her, terrifies her and also intrigues her. That is when she discovers unknown abilities emerging, and begins to hear the voice of her own higher-self in the form of a whimsical, mischievous, angel named, Rashana. It is through this communication between her spirit and soul, that Carol reinvents herself and reframes the reality in which she lives. In this wise and witty dialogue that began at her computer''s keyboard, we witness the development of a relationship that reveals many of the answers we all search for. Where we would ordinarily be limited by our "still, small voice", Rashana rushes through the opened doorway of Carol''s mind with feathers and sparkle-dust flying. Her blue, wrinkled "angel dress" completes the picture, ensuring she appears just as Carol would expect - being an angel of Creative Communication, of course!A book that explores both path and purpose and shows us a space inside all of us, where the soul can touch the heart of God.Carol Gino offers her personal journey with amazing honesty and hope.

One morning as Carol Gino is waking up, she finds herself in a strange landscape. And she’s not alone. Alongside her, in a wrinkled, pink angel outfit, stands Rashana, cloud dancing. Rashana is Gino’s higher self, and she wants to help Gino’s dreams come true. Ahead of her Gino sees a yard sale, but this is no ordinary yard sale; it’s a Cosmic Yard Sale, where she and Rashana explore life’s mysteries.

Join Carol and Rashana’s in the Fashion Pavilion, where Gino tries on the Eight Coats of Meaning. Each coat provides the opportunity to find the real value of spirituality and a journey toward a better understanding of life’s purpose. It is a funny, whimsical, accessible allegory that will empower readers to improve their lives by reducing fear and increasing joy and creativity.

This modern fable, presented as the author’s, is also the story of Everysoul, and the revelations and explanations can serve us all. Simple as a child’s tale, based on many of the great spiritual teachings, this book asks the questions that many of us would like to have answered. Find your spirit and be inspired to write the new pages of your own life’s story.

Mario Puzo and Carol Gino—Beyond the Shadows of The Godfather, there was the Light of a Love Story

New York Times bestselling author Carol Gino, offers her intimate memoir about love and creative collaboration with acclaimed writer, Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather. Often funny, sometimes raw and always true, Carol invites us into their private life together, as they traveled from New York to Hollywood, Vegas, Cannes, Venice, Rome—and that one time—to Sicily. She reveals the appetites and excesses in the life of this clever and gracious author, screenwriter and one of America’s great storytellers. Filled with Puzo''s tips on "how to tell a great truth," fellow authors and aspiring writers will love this inside-look into the mind and art of the legendary author and the woman he chose to challenge and love for over twenty years. Includes 17 photos.

★ Mario Puzo; author of The Godfather, the epic novel that inspired three, sweeping, dramatic sagas with Francis Ford Coppola and that wove into the American mythos, the archetype of the most romantic patriarchy of all time.

★ Carol Gino; independent, courageous, revolutionary, Nurse and patient advocate—a one-time 60’s Feminist and a woman with a mission to “stamp death and disease out of the Western Hemisphere.”

Find out what The Godfather author Mario Puzo taught Carol Gino about Love, Power and the Art of Storytelling—and what she taught him about Women, Life, and Death.

From the book:

"You going to write today Mario?” I called across the room to him one Saturday morning after we’d had breakfast.

"I am writing," he answered.

"I don’t hear anything, and what I see is a man lying on his couch," I said. "I don’t see anything that vaguely resembles writing going on."

Mario sat up on the couch, his legs crossed, feet resting on the wooden cocktail table in front of him. That table was stacked full of books, at least twenty of them. Mario read voraciously, at least one or two books a day. 

He reached over and lit one of his large dark cigars. "I am writing," he repeated. "It’s not coming bad."

"Okay," I said, laughing. "Let me read a few pages so I can see how it sounds."

"You’ve got to wait until I type them," he said.

"So you admit you haven’t written anything," I said.

He shook his head and said, "You don’t get it. By the time I sit down to type my first draft, my books are already written."

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"What looks like me lying on the couch resting, reading, playing cards is just me waiting for the characters to show up," he said. "When they show up, I let them tell their stories. When they finish, I type."

"For those who love celebrity bios, celebrity memoirs and especially memoirs of love, Carol Gino’s, Me and Mario: Love, Power and Writing with Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, satisfies all three."