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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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Ratings
Book
34
Narrator
14
Release Date
December 13, 2011
Duration
10 hours 35 minutes
Summary
By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as that culture claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more - until his son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in this vivid memoir. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Always Running is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-learned lesson for the next generation.
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Profile Avatar Rachel J. Sep 2024

Such a great writer, really powerful, thank you

Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2021

Exquisitely narrated by Luis J. Rodriguez! Great book with vivid accounts of his life.

Profile Avatar Ivan Legarda Feb 2017

Great story and I would not have wanted to hear it from anyone else than the author himself.

Profile Avatar Cardon Slater Dec 2016

This journey was incredible from a former gang member in Los Angeles. It provided a keen perspective for me because I grew up in Inglewood California where bloods and crips were at our families door step on a daily basis. It makes me wonder and empathize with the other brilliant minds out there right now; if they had the chance to express themselves like "chin" did with his story.

Profile Avatar Crystal Howell Sep 2015

Good but the narration wasn't great. It really makes you think about the things that cause people to end up where they do in life.

Profile Avatar Amber Vinson May 2014

Great book with an in depth view of why a young man would turn to the gang life. Eye opening and very easy read.

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

Author: Luis J. Rodriguez
Read by: Luis J. Rodriguez
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