![]() Her older sister, Patria Mercedes, believed to have a religious calling, and their middle sister Dede was the obedient one who went along with the other two. In a machismo culture where few women learned to read and write, she did not have a future, although her dream was to go to law school. Minerva Mirabal always wanted more than to be a simple country woman like her mother. Yet, what of those left on the island? In this historical fiction account of the Mirabal sisters, who came to be known as a symbol of the revolution, the author reveals the fate of those left behind. Because Julia’s father had connections, the family was able to escape. ![]() ![]() Julia Alvarez’s family was one of the lucky ones that left the Dominican Republic in 1960 in the middle of the revolution to overthrow the dictatorial president Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. I came across the book “In the Time of the Butterflies” when I was seven years old and fell in love with it. Whenever I experienced a setback or felt overwhelmed by the burden of my struggles, my mother would tell me a new piece from the Mirabal Sisters’ struggle. Growing up, my mother believed that knowing the history of our country, the Dominican Republic, was essential for my character development. ![]()
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