In Deep

How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter

De: Angalia Bianca, Linda Beckstrom, Kevin Gates - foreword, Dreka Gates - foreword

Narrado por: Christina Delaine

Before Angalia Bianca became one of Chicago's foremost authorities on violence interruption and prevention, receiving international recognition and a Resolution for Bravery from the City of Chicago, she was a criminal, a master manipulator, and a brilliant con artist. Bianca spent 12 years in prison for forgery, embezzlement, drug dealing, and theft. But now she has gone far beyond the expectations for recovery to a life of service fueled by an unrelenting determination to make a difference.

Bianca was once a gang member; now she puts her life on the line to interrupt gang violence. For 36 years she was a heroin addict; now she mentors people in recovery. She was homeless; now she appears as an invited guest to speak at events across the country and around the world. Bianca crawled out of the deepest hole imaginable; now through her work with the renowned violence prevention group Cure Violence, she climbs back down to change lives.

In Deep is a blunt, honest look at Bianca's life. Her mind-blowing stories take listeners deep into a world of grit and gang violence that seems inescapable. Her story is at once fascinating, terrifying, and ultimately full of hope.

©2018 Angalia Bianca and Linda Beckstrom; Foreword copyright 2018 by Kevin Gates and Dreka Gates (P)2018 Tantor

Speechless

The story that is behind this woman will make anyone speechless. She is now moving mountains!

A Different shade of Miracle

I wanted information and I was Stunned by both both the information and the tenacity of Bianca’s will to survive through what I see as one nightmare after another. It is amazing how God delivered her from and delivered her to a destination and purpose so carefully shaped so that she could be the violence interrupter and healing balm for others. This is encouragement hard won. Thank you for sharing your stories and for taking your place on the front lines.

Her honesty and strength was just so amazing.

Not one thing to dislike about this book from start to finish. Truly amazing to see how she took this opportunity and turned it all around for good.

Brutally honest without the fluffy BS!

As a recovering alcoholic, or any addict- it is a straight up honest look into the eyes of the devil. But also proves, when you ask God for help, He will help you!❤️

Great read!

I found myself looking forward to having time to hear rest of story. The honesty and rawness made it even better !

In Deep

Great true story of a woman who lived the drug addiction, prositution, violent street life and the struggles of loss and the gift of a second chance and the regained life she once lost. Read by the Author..

voice is good to listen too

so many times I've wanted to listen to a book but the reader was just not what I wanted to listen to for 8+ hours.
great voice.

the story was captivating. sometimes hard to listen to because it's so rough but that was her life.

Drugs, gangs and jail Oh my!

Almost couldn't put down at times because so interesting. Exciting, raw and real. The narrator does a great job of voices and exclamations.

Powerful Story

I absolutely could not stop listening!
I devoured this book over two sleepless nights.
This woman lived an amazing, harrowing, chaotic life, she lived out loud, and without apology.
Her 'phoenix from the ashes' resurrection is heart wrenching and brutally laid bare.
A triumph of the spirit, to become what she always was inside.
Highly recommend.

Unbridled honesty - so brave!

This true life account expressed with brutal honesty and irregular courage had me from the start - it is compelling. Brace yourself.