No More Crying Angels: A True Story of Survival Despite Overwhelming Odds

ISBN-13: 9781546924692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 238 str.

Bella Capo; Morgan St James; Dennis N. Griffin

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THIS TRUE STORY WILL SHOCK AND INSPIRE YOU. Bella Capo is not her given name, but who she has become. Bella grew up as the abused child of a well-to-do power broker with organized crime ties, a drug-addicted mother and a physically and sexually abusive brother. She had to divorce herself from any emotions in order to survive, and the time came when she could no longer even cry. She had a crying angel tattooed on her back to cry for her. Bella spent much of her youth in foster homes, rehab facilities and for short periods of time on the street. None of this broke her spirit. As a young adult she became a very powerful woman in the after-hour club culture on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip--a culture that included drugs, guns and crime. During this period, she says she "got in touch with her gangsta girl." It was a life she loved, but she made the mistake of marrying the wrong man. A perfect husband who turned into a perfect monster with ties to organized crime. She found herself living the the Hood in Gardena CA across the street from a park where all the Crips from surrounding areas gathered. At first she was very afraid, but then the unbelievable happened. She got back in touch with that gangsta girl and became a white woman boss in the Crips. When the police would do nothing to protect her from stalking and death threats from her ex-husband and his Mob buddies, the Crips saved her life multiple times. Finally the fear for her life and that of her daughters became overwhelming and she fled into hiding under a victim protection program. Just before that, however, she founded an online movement known as La Bella Mafia to help abuse victims who have endured what she has and worse. It grew to an international following and she and her "Bellas" have helped hundreds of victims through their love and personal knowledge of abuse. Despite severe PTSD and some health challenges, Bella Capo, the woman who could have died many times, is their shining light--the person who encourages them to be Victors, not Victims. After you read her story, you will know why her co-authors, Morgan St. James and Dennis N. Griffin, say she is one of the most courageous women they have ever met What she considers a great accomplishment is that now she can cry for herself and her Bellas.