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In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez
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25th Anniversary Edition
"A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times
 
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.
Julia Alvarez’s new novel, Afterlife, is available now.
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Publisher: Algonquin Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 12, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781616200992
  • Release date: January 12, 2010

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781616200992
  • File size: 19587 KB
  • Release date: January 12, 2010
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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subjects

Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.8
Lexile® Measure:910
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

25th Anniversary Edition
"A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times
 
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.
Julia Alvarez’s new novel, Afterlife, is available now.
Expand title description text
Fiction Literature Historical Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Algonquin Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 12, 2010

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781616200992
    Release date: January 12, 2010

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781616200992
    File size: 19587 KB
    Release date: January 12, 2010

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5.8
    Lexile® Measure: 910
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
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