BCL's review
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez
BCL's review
rating:
bookshelves: biographies-and-memoirs
recommended for: anyone who likes a lyrical, gritty, real story
status: Read in October, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: biographies-and-memoirs
recommended for: anyone who likes a lyrical, gritty, real story
status: Read in October, 2007
Luis Rodriguez speaks out of a virtually unheard experience: a young Chicano man who survived "la vida loca" gang culture in South San Gabriel. Rodriguez' writing is raw and brutally honest, but with a lyricism that will stop readers in their tracks. He gives voice to an unheard cry, and illuminates the heartbreaking cycle of poverty and violence that perpetuates gang wars. He neither simplifies the problem, nor admits defeat. His passion for reconciliation and true empowerment of minority communities, such as the Mexican American community, is amazing. Read this!
--Courtney
--Courtney
