Memoirs of a Muneca Loca

Muñeca Loca- ( crazy doll) channels the voice of different people and places in a stream of conscious narrative spanning 35 years set in Chicago's Puerto Rican neighborhood: Humboldt Park. Finding her way as a young, single mom while searching for love and spirituality Rebekah opens her heart to readers with vulnerability, strength and healing with childhood tales exploring race, identity, economic status and religion. Born to multi-ethnic parents that converted to the non-conventional religion: Jehovahs Witness, Rebekah struggles with following the rules of the strict religion (primal dancing, certain music and drugs may encourage demon possession and sex before marriage leads to discipline by shunning a.k.a disfellowshipping). Rebekah becomes pregnant out of wedlock resulting in "disfellowshipping " leading to members of the religion she has known since childhood shunning her, refusing to speak to her until she shows repentance. Pulling from working class values and childhood dreams, Rebekah leaves the religion and embarks on a path without a religion, a husband, a college education or a nine to five job- hoping to pave a way for her son to have opportunity.