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- catalog abstract "A Message from God in the Atomic Age is a razor-sharp memoir about the allure of suicide for three generations of women in one Puerto Rican family. March 1, 1954: Lolita Lebron, a young Puerto Rican nationalist, opens fire on the United States House of Representatives, proclaiming, "I did not come here to kill, I came here to die." She is sentenced to life in prison. March 1, 1977: After attending her son's wedding in Puerto Rico on February 27th, Gladys Mendez (Lebron's daughter) leaps from a speeding car driven by her husband, despite her eight-year-old daughter's desperate attempts to restrain her. She dies two days later, without ever regaining consciousness. February 1, 1988: Recently arrived from Puerto Rico to attend Syracuse University, Irene Vilar (granddaughter of Lebron and daughter of Mendez) is committed to Hutchings Psychiatric Hospital following a suicide attempt. Alternating between Vilar's notes from the psychiatric ward and her recounting of her family history, A Message from God in the Atomic Age is an urgent, richly evocative meditation on family. Vilar unravels the fantastical myths and delves into the frightening secrets that have haunted a grandmother, mother, and daughter.".
- catalog contributor b9458075.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "A Message from God in the Atomic Age is a razor-sharp memoir about the allure of suicide for three generations of women in one Puerto Rican family. March 1, 1954: Lolita Lebron, a young Puerto Rican nationalist, opens fire on the United States House of Representatives, proclaiming, "I did not come here to kill, I came here to die." She is sentenced to life in prison. March 1, 1977: After attending her son's wedding in Puerto Rico on February 27th, Gladys Mendez (Lebron's daughter) leaps from a speeding car driven by her husband, despite her eight-year-old daughter's desperate attempts to restrain her. She dies two days later, without ever regaining consciousness. February 1, 1988: Recently arrived from Puerto Rico to attend Syracuse University, Irene Vilar (granddaughter of Lebron and daughter of Mendez) is committed to Hutchings Psychiatric Hospital following a suicide attempt. Alternating between Vilar's notes from the psychiatric ward and her recounting of her family history, A Message from God in the Atomic Age is an urgent, richly evocative meditation on family. Vilar unravels the fantastical myths and delves into the frightening secrets that have haunted a grandmother, mother, and daughter.".
- catalog extent "x, 324 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Message from God in the atomic age.".
- catalog identifier "0679422811".
- catalog isFormatOf "Message from God in the atomic age.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Message from God in the atomic age.".
- catalog subject "616.89/0092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Family Relations Biography.".
- catalog subject "Lebrón, Lolita, 1919- Mental health.".
- catalog subject "Lebrón, Lolita, 1919-2010 Mental health.".
- catalog subject "Lebrón, Lolita, 1919-2010.".
- catalog subject "Mendez, Gladys Mental health.".
- catalog subject "Mendez, Gladys.".
- catalog subject "Mentally Ill Persons Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mentally ill Family relationships Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Mentally ill women Biography.".
- catalog subject "Puerto Rican women Biography.".
- catalog subject "RC464.A1 V55 1996".
- catalog subject "Suicidal Ideation Biography.".
- catalog subject "Vilar, Irene, 1969- Mental health.".
- catalog subject "Vilar, Irene, 1969-".
- catalog subject "WM 40".
- catalog title "A message from God in the atomic age / Irene Vilar; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.".
- catalog type "text".