In the time of the butterflies / Julia Alvarez.

By:

Alvarez, Julia

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: 325 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

1565120388
9781565120389

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Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

LOC classification:

118 PQ 7409 A473i 1994

Also issued online.Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	118 PQ 7409 A473i 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000066607

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 18.

Also issued online.

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