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Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King »

Authors: Reymundo Sanchez
ISBN-13: 9781556525537, ISBN-10: 1556525532
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Reymundo Sanchez

Reymundo Sanchez is the pseudonym of a former Latin King who no longer lives in Chicago. He is the author of My Bloody Life and has appeared on Fox News Chicago, Telemundo, and Univision.

Book Synopsis

Having written about the street gang lifestyle and the circumstances that lead many young people to choose it in My Bloody Life, Sanchez here describes how hard it is to escape gang life; and the lasting damage of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. He is a former gang member writing under a pseudonym. A memoir rather than academic study, his account has no index or bibliography. Distributed in the US by Independent Publishers Group. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Washington Post Book World

Courageously honest.

	Introduction	xi
1	Once a King, Always a King	1
2	Career Change	9
3	Josie's Way	15
4	Fear	27
5	Cocaine Again	37
6	The First Blessing	53
7	Doing Time	75
8	Almost Free	93
9	Work Release	103
10	New Beginning	117
11	A Different Kind of Girl	137
12	There Is Such a Thing as Friendship	155
13	Lovers	177
14	A New Plan	187
15	Welcome to Dallas	203
16	Is This Love?	215
17	Maybe We Can Try Again	229
18	Release of Pain	243
19	Changes	265
20	Here and Now	273
	For Those at Risk	285