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mnqmariah's review against another edition
5.0
Cultural LA Life story from a chicano perspective! Great read.
hargreaves15497's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic Read
A GREAT BOOK READ in a week couldn't put it down
Had to know how it ended
Glad I took the time
A GREAT BOOK READ in a week couldn't put it down
Had to know how it ended
Glad I took the time
sistinelove111's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this up after reading Always Running. Both are unique and both worthy of reading. I did enjoy It Calls You Back because Rodriguez explains how he escaped his tough past and became successful. I think it's important to read stories about struggles, for we are always living one.
laura_sorensen's review against another edition
4.0
This was so great. Rodriguez's life as an activist and father and recovering gangster/alcoholic and poet. I liked it so much better than La Vida Loca because he is mature and talks about the women in his life with respect and acknowledgement of his part in the problems he had with his wives. It's sad to see his own life reflected in that of his son, but it's also very heartening to read how he supported his son as best he could and tried to fix his mistakes. I could not put the book down and really learned a lot about Chicano/Chicana activism and the unionization of manufacturing industry in the 80s.
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