The Grandfather Clause : Authorhouse : 9781434334275 : 1434334279 : 12 Oct 2007 : AWARDS for THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE FIRST PRIZE WINNER FOR FICTION Santa Fe Trail Creative Arts Council Fiction Book Award SEMI-FINALIST FOR FICTION, SUSPENSE/THRILLER CATEGORY The Eric Hoffer Award HONORABLE MENTION FOR GENERAL FICTION The Los Angeles Book Festival It's March of 1963 in a quiet New Jersey shore community. Joseph Napolo is a young boy who cherishes his Pop Pop Carmine's Sunday visits to his parents' home. Joseph has come to understand that there is something special about his grandfather - the stories he tells, his friends that visit after dinner, how some kiss his ring and call him Don Carmine. This Sunday, however, Joseph is the sole witness to sinister and dramatic events. Young Joseph and his grandfather pledge to keep a dark secret. It is also the last time he will see his grandfather. Over time, Joseph learns his grandfather had been the boss of one of the five New York crime fam