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It Calls You Back

An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing

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It Calls You Back

By: Luis J. Rodriguez
Narrated by: Jacob Vargas
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Growing up on the streets of East L.A., Luis Rodriguez narrowly escaped a serious jail term and then struggled to overcome his powerful addiction to heroin and alcohol. Eventually, Rodriguez embarked on a career as a successful journalist and a highly regarded poet. In It Calls You Back, Rodriguez describes with heartbreaking honesty his challenges as a husband and a father and his difficulty leaving his criminal past completely behind. Most disturbing is the terrifying realization that he cannot save his own son from the deadly lure of gang life. Luis's emotional journey offers deep insight into barrio life and the embattled souls of those heroic men and women who risk everything to make it out - and return to help those left behind.

©2011 Luis J. Rodríguez (P)2011 Dreamscape Media Art & Literature Authors Cultural & Regional True Crime Exciting

Critic reviews

"...needle-to-skin candor...courageously forthright...every teen concerned about gangs will learn profound lessons from this frank and demanding memoir." - ( Booklist)
"Rodriguez tells an honest, direct story." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Rodriguez's life story is astonishing... It takes a heart broken open by a lifetime of sorrows to write with this wisdom and compassion. It takes a visionary to use this knowledge in service to those the world despises - troubled youth, the homeless, the incarcerated, the poor, the migrant - to be called back for those you love." (Sandra Cisneros, author of Caramelo and The House on Mango Street)
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i loved this true story of the reality of human struggle, the determination and courage to stand up for what you believe in and that in the end love conquers all.
My only disapointment was that it ended so abruptly, which i believe was due to Audible not recording the complete story.

love conquers all

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