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The Novel That Took 58 Years to Give the Corleone Family Its Most Important Untold Story Random House has acquired Connie — a Godfather novel authorised by the Puzo estate, written by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, centred on Connie Corleone, and due in 2027. It is the first Godfather novel written by a woman, the first told from a woman's perspective, and the first in nearly a decade. The premise arrived not through a publisher's pitch but through a Substack essay Trig