Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is'beautiful, heartbreaking and alive... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo.'(Concepción de León, New York Times)Don't miss Alvarez's new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, available now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression.'Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas.'—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review'This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent.'—Popsugar.com'A gorgeous and sensitive novel... A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion.'—People'Shimmering... Valuable and necessary.'—Los Angeles Times'A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times'Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed.'—Cosmopolitan.com

BOOK CLUB SET : In the time of the butterflies

Julia Alvarez

Penguin Publishing Group

Shannon Ravenel Books

Baker & Taylor, CATS

Plume

First Algonquin paperback, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2019

First Algonquin paperback, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2010

First Plume Printing, August, 1995, New York, USA, 1995

1st ed., Chapel Hill, N.C., North Carolina, 1994

1st edition, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1994

25th anniversary edition, Chapel Hill, 2019

United States, United States of America

25th anniversary edition, PS, 2019

New York, New York State, 1995

Book discussion group ed, 1995

Reprint, 2010

inherent cut off text due tight binding

A Plume Book

subject: Mirabal, María Teresa, 1935-1960；Mirabal, Minerva, 1926-1960；Mirabal, Patria, 1924-1960；Women revolutionaries

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topic: Mirabal, María Teresa, 1935-1960；Mirabal, Minerva, 1926-1960；Mirabal, Patria, 1924-1960；Women revolutionaries

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Bookmarks:
1. (p1) I
1.1. (p2) Chapter One: Dede, 1994 and circa 1943
1.2. (p3) Chapter Two: Minerva, 1938, 1941, 1944
1.3. (p4) Chapter Three: Maria Teresa, 1945 to 1946
1.4. (p5) Chapter Four: Patria, 1946
2. (p6) II
2.1. (p7) Chapter Five: Dede, 1994 and 1948
2.2. (p8) Chapter Six: Minerva, 1949
2.3. (p9) Chapter Seven: Maria Teresa, 1953 to 1958
2.4. (p10) Chapter Eight: Patria, 1959
3. (p11) III
3.1. (p12) Chapter Nine: Dede, 1994 and 1960
3.2. (p13) Chapter Ten: Patria, January to March 1960
3.3. (p14) Chapter Eleven: Maria Teresa, March to August 1960
3.4. (p15) Chapter Twelve: Minerva, August to November 25, 1960
4. (p16) Epilogue
4.1. (p17) Dede, 1994
4.2. (p18) A Postscript

theme: Mirabal, María Teresa, 1935-1960；Mirabal, Minerva, 1926-1960；Mirabal, Patria, 1924-1960；Women revolutionaries

<p><p>it Is November 25, 1960, And Three Beautiful Sisters Have Been Found Near Their Wrecked Jeep At The Bottom Of A 150-foot Cliff On The North Coast Of The Dominican Republic. The Official State Newspaper Reports Their Deaths As Accidental. It Does Not Mention That A Fourth Sister Lives. Nor Does It Explain That The Sisters Were Among The Leading Opponents Of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo&#8217;s Dictatorship. It Doesn&#8217;t Have To. Everybody Knows Of Las Mariposas&#8212;&#8220;the Butterflies.&#8221;<p>in This Extraordinary Novel, The Voices Of All Four Sisters&#8212;minerva, Patria, Mar&#237;a Teresa, And The Survivor, Ded&#233;&#8212;speak Across The Decades To Tell Their Own Stories, From Hair Ribbons And Secret Crushes To Gunrunning And Prison Torture, And To Describe The Everyday Horrors Of Life Under Trujillo&#8217;s Rule. Through The Art And Magic Of Julia Alvarez&#8217;s Imagination, The Martyred Butterflies Live Again In This Novel Of Courage And Love, And The Human Cost Of Political Oppression.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>during The Last Days Of The Trujillo Dictatorship In The Dominican Republic, Three Young Women, Members Of A Conservative, Pious Catholic Family, Who Had Become Committed To The Revolutionary Overthrow Of The Regime, Were Ambushed And Assassinated As They Drove Back From Visiting Their Jailed Husbands. Thus Martyred, The Mirabal Sisters Have Become Mythical Figures In Their Country, Where They Are Known As Las Mariposas (the Butterflies), From Their Underground Code Names. Herself A Native Of The Dominican Republic, Alvarez ( How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents ) Has Fictionalized Their Story In A Narrative That Starts Slowly But Builds To A Gripping Intensity. Each Of The Girls--patria, Minerva And Maria Terese (mate) Mirabal--speaks In Her Own Voice, Beginning In Their Girlhood In The 1940s; Their Surviving Sister, Dede, Frames The Narrative With Her Own Tale Of Suffering And Dedication To Their Memory. To Differentiate Their Personalities And The Ways They Came To Acquire Revolutionary Fervor, Alvarez Takes The Risk Of Describing Their Early Lives In Leisurely Detail, Somewhat Slowing The Narrative Momentum. In Particular, The Giddy, Childish Diary Entries Of Mate, The Youngest, May Seem Irritatingly Mundane At First, But In Time Mate's Heroism Becomes The Most Moving Of All, As The Sisters Endure The Arrests Of Their Husbands, Their Own Imprisonment And The Inexorable Progress Of Trujillo's Revenge. Alvarez Captures The Terrorized Atmosphere Of A Police State, In Which People Live Under The Sword Of Terrible Fear And Atrocities Cannot Be Acknowledged. As The Sisters' Energetic Fervor Turns To Anguish, Alvarez Conveys Their Courage And Their Desperation, And The Full Import Of Their Tragedy. 40,000 First Printing; $40,000 Ad/promo; Reprint Rights To Nal; 20-city Author Tour. (sept.)</p>

Librarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7304461-in-the-time-of-the-butterflies) here .
Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands.
From the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents comes this tale of courage and sisterhood set in the Dominican Republic during the rise of the Trujillo dictatorship. A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government. Alvarez breathes life into these historical figures--known as "las mariposas," or "the butterflies," in the underground--as she imagines their teenage years, their gradual involvement with the revolution, and their terror as their dissentience is uncovered.
Alvarez's controlled writing perfectly captures the mounting tension as "the butterflies" near their horrific end. The novel begins with the recollections of Dede, the fourth and surviving sister, who fears abandoning her routines and her husband to join the movement. Alvarez also offers the perspectives of the other sisters: brave and outspoken Minerva, the family's political ringleader; pious Patria, who forsakes her faith to join her sisters after witnessing the atrocities of the tyranny; and the baby sister, sensitive Maria Teresa, who, in a series of diaries, chronicles her allegiance to Minerva and the physical and spiritual anguish of prison life.
In the Time of the Butterflies is an American Library Association Notable Book and a 1995 National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.

Set During The Waning Days Of The Trujillo Dictatorship In The Dominican Republica In 1960, This Extraordinary Novel Tells The Story The Mirabal Sisters, Three Young Wives And Mothers Who Are Assassinated After Visiting Their Jailed Husbands. On A Deserted Mountain Road In The Dominican Republic In 1960, Three Young Women From A Pious Catholic Family Were Assassinated After Visiting Their Husbands Who Had Been Jailed As Suspected Rebel Leaders. The Mirabal Sisters, Thus Martyred, Became Mythical Figures In Their Country, Where They Are Known As Las Mariposas (the Butterflies). Three Decades Later, Julia Alvarez, Daughter Of The Dominican Republic And Author Of The Acclaimed How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Brings The Mirabal Sisters Back To Life In This Extraordinary Novel. Each Of The Sisters Speaks In Her Own Voice; Beginning As Young Girls In The 1940s, Their Stories Vary From Hair Ribbons To Gun-running To Prison Torture. Their Story Is Framed By Their Surviving Sister Who Tells Her Own Tale Of Suffering And Dedication To The Memory Of Las Mariposas. This Inspired Portrait Of Four Women Is A Haunting Statement About The Human Cost Of Political Oppression, And Is Destined To Take Its Place Alongside Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years Of Solitude And Allende's The House Of The Spirits As One Of The Great 20th-century Latin American Novels. I. Dede, 1994 And Circa 1943 -- Minerva, 1938, 1941, 1944 -- Maria Teresa, 1945 To 1946 -- Patria, 1946 -- Ii. Dede, 1994 And 1948 -- Minerva, 1949 -- Maria Teresa, 1953 To 1958 -- Patria, 1959 -- Iii. Dede, 1994 And 1960 -- Patria, January To March 1960 -- Maria Teresa, March To August 1960 -- Minerva, August To November 25, 1960 -- Epilogue Ded, 1994 -- A Postscript. Julia Alvarez. Accelerated Reader/renaissance Learning Ug 5.8 18.

"It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Raphael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everyone knows of Las Mariposas - "The Butterflies."" "Now, three decades later, Julia Alvarez, also a daughter of the Dominican Republic and long haunted by these sisters, immerses us in a tangled and dangerous moment in Hispanic Caribbean history to tell their story in the only way it can truly be understood - through fiction." "In this brilliantly characterized novel, the voices of all four sisters - Minerva, Patria, Maria Teresa, and Dede - speak across the decades, to tell their own stories - from hair ribbons to gunrunning to prison torture - and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule." "The Butterflies were extraordinary women. Minerva, once the object of the dictator's desire, had dared to publicly slap his face. Devout Patria found her calling to the uprising through the church. Alluring - and vain - Maria Teresa joined in pursuit of romance." "Only Dede, the practical one, the most diligent in her duty to family and tradition, kept apart. And only she survived to see that their names were remembered." "Now, through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again. And Dede joins them as a heroine of equal courage."--BOOK JACKET.

"It is November 25, 1960, and three sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the young women were among the leading opponents of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas-- the Butterflies." In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imaginative storytelling, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression"-- Back Cover

"It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression"--Page 4 of cover

"It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas--the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression"--back cover

It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas―“The Butterflies.”
In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters―Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé―speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human cost of political oppression.

The Life And Death Of Three Revolutionary Sisters In The Dominican Republic, Told By A Surviving Fourth. One By One The Mirabal Sisters, As They Were Known, Join The Opposition To The Trujillo Dictatorship In The 1950s, Suffering Imprisonment And Torture While Their Men Watch Powerless. They Are Released, Then One Night Their Jeep Is Ambushed. A Story Based On Real Events By The Author Of How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Dede, 1994 And Circa 1943 -- Minerva, 1938, 1941, 1944 -- Maria Teresa, 1945 To 1946 -- Patria, 1946 -- Dede, 1994 And 1948 -- Minerva, 1949 -- Maria Teresa, 1953 To 1958 -- Patria, 1959 -- Dede, 1994 And 1960 -- Patria, January To March 1960 -- Maria Teresa, March To August 1960 -- Minerva, August To November 25, 1960 -- Dede, 1994 -- A Postscript. Julia Alvarez.

325 pages ; 23 cm
The life and death of three revolutionary sisters in the Dominican Republic, told by a surviving fourth. One by one the Mirabal Sisters, as they were known, join the opposition to the Trujillo dictatorship in the 1950s, suffering imprisonment and torture while their men watch powerless. They are released, then one night their jeep is ambushed. A story based on real events by the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 5.8
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8
Reading Counts RC High School 7.1

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