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    It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, a

    Written 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateOct 4, 2011
    ISBN9781611204148
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    It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, a
    Author

    Luis J. Rodriguez

    The son of Mexican immigrants, 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 Cafe & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.

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