In Deep

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

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

Narrated by: 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

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.

Great

I love her story and keeping it the right size. I read it in two sittings.