{"product_id":"it-calls-you-back-luis-j-rodriguez-9781416584179","title":"It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing","description":"\u003cb\u003eLuis Rodriguez, author of the award-winning and bestselling classic memoir \u003ci\u003eAlways Running\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicles his harrowing journey from a drugged-out gang member to one of the most revered figures in Chicano literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHundreds of thousands of readers came to know Luis J. Rodriguez through his fearless classic, \u003ci\u003eAlways Running\u003c\/i\u003e, which chronicled his early life as a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles. The long-awaited follow-up, \u003ci\u003eIt Calls You Back\u003c\/i\u003e is the equally harrowing story of Rodriguez starting over, at age eighteen, after leaving gang life--the only life he really knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book opens with Rodriguez's final stint in jail as a teenager and follows his struggle to kick heroin, renounce his former life, and search for meaningful work. He describes with heartbreaking honesty his challenges as a father, and his difficulty leaving his rages and addictions completely behind. Even as he breaks with \"la vida loca\" and begins to discover success as a writer and an activist, Rodriguez finds that his past--the crimes, the drugs, the things he'd seen and done--has a way of calling him back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen his oldest son is sent to prison for attempted murder, Rodriguez is forced to confront his shortcomings as a father, and to acknowledge how and why his own history is repeating itself, right before his eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply insightful and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eIt Calls You Back\u003c\/i\u003e is an odyssey through love, addiction, revolutions, and healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis J. Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 141658417X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416584179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.69h x 5.67w x 0.86d","brand":"Luis J. Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049211359487,"sku":"9781416584179","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac312734-ac6c-48a6-8185-67983a449708.jpg?v=1685000286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-calls-you-back-luis-j-rodriguez-9781416584179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}