Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen

Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen

Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen

Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen

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Overview

Offering a rarely seen female perspective on gang life, this raw and powerful memoir tells not only of one woman’s struggle to survive the streets but also of her ascent to the top ranks of the new mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs were members of her own. At age 5 Sonia Rodriguez’s stepfather began to abuse her; at 10 she was molested by her uncle and beaten by her mother when she told on him; and by 13 her home had become a hangout for the Latin Kings and Queens who were friends with her older sister. Threatened by rival gang members at school, Sonia turned away from her education and extracurricular activities in favor of a world of drugs and violence. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became her refuge, but its violence cost her friends, freedom, self-respect, and nearly her life. As a Latin Queen, she experienced the exhilarating highs and unbelievable lows of gang life. From being shot at by her own gang and kicked out at age 18 with an infant daughter to rejoining the gang and distinguishing herself as a leader, her legacy as Lady Q was cemented both for her willingness to commit violence and for her role as a drug mule.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781569762851
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 07/01/2010
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 216,539
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.73(d)
Lexile: 1150L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Prologue Reymundo Sanchez ix

1 Touch of Love 1

2 Damaged Goods 15

3 The Birth of a Rebel 21

4 Loss of Innocence 35

5 Lady Q Emerges 47

6 The Benefits of Royalty 71

7 The Queen of Talk 93

8 All in the Family 105

9 The Queen of Kings 119

10 Business Is Personal 139

11 The Price of Loyalty 159

12 Thy Kingdom Gone 181

13 Change but Still the Same 197

14 Moving On, Painfully 217

15 If I Should Die Before I Wake 233

16 Results of a Discarded Life 247

Epilogue Sonia Rodriguez 261

Afterword Reymundo Sanchez 267

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