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It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, a Audiobook
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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.
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"Bravo. For making it through alive the situations that kill so many. For finding your way into the healing process for the blows that life deals to humans. For being open and honest in this book. And for working to make this country a better place. "
— Grace (5 out of 5 stars)
It Calls You Back Listener Reviews
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" Good book, great story. Now I need to read his book Always Running. "
— Vee, 11/11/2013 -
" After thoroughly enjoying Always Running (my students love it, too), I was expecting a bit more from this book, which is advertised as a sequel to Always Running. This new book was still interesting, although I don't think my students will be as fired up about this one... "
— Melissa, 7/21/2013 -
" Not what I was expecting "
— Mindy, 8/16/2012 -
" I didn't read the prequels to this book, so I probably don't have a good understanding of Luis's story. I thought it was a very inspirational book, and I was really happy to learn about his past and all of this struggles. "
— Esther, 8/3/2012 -
" Interesting life, but I couldn't help being repeatedly angry about his choices, especially regarding his children. "
— Lisa, 7/7/2012 -
" Bravo. For making it through alive the situations that kill so many. For finding your way into the healing process for the blows that life deals to humans. For being open and honest in this book. And for working to make this country a better place. "
— Grace, 6/26/2012 -
" Always running was raw, but this was even more so. I fought back tears too many times to count while I read this on a plane from Chicago to Monterrey. "
— Emily, 3/20/2012 -
" Very interesting autobiography that picks up after the great "Always Running". "
— John, 2/7/2012
About Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez began writing in his early teens and has won national recognition as a poet, journalist, fiction writer, children’s book writer, and critic. Currently working as a peacemaker among gangs on a national and international level, Rodriguez helped create Tia Chucha’s Café & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.