My Bloody Life by Reymundo Sánchez6/26/2023 Publishers Weekly About the Author Reymundo Sanchez is the pseudonym of a former Latin King who no longer lives in Chicago. Washington Post Book World Sanchezs story of survival in the face of great odds rings true. This raw, powerful, and brutally honest memoir traces the transformation of an accomplished gangbanger into a responsible citizen. Despite temptations, nightmares, regressions into violence, and his own internal demons, Sanchez makes an uneasy peace with his new life. Harrowing testaments to Sanchezs determination to rebuild his life include his efforts to separate his family from gang life and his struggle to adapt to marriage and the corporate world. Filled with heart-pounding scenes of his backslide into drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how Sanchez wound up behind bars and provides an engrossing firsthand account of how the Latin Kings are run from inside the prison system. Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto once a king, always a king rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that life behind. Book Synopsis This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchezs struggle to create a normal life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nations most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past.
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