

Lady Q
The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
Author: Reymundo Sanchez, Sonia Rodriguez
Narrator: Rebecca Mitchell
Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 08/29/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, True Crime
Synopsis
At age five Sonia Rodriguez's stepfather began to abuse her; at ten she was molested by her uncle and beaten by her mother when she told on him; and by thirteen 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 eighteen 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.