Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez’sIn the Time of the Butterfliesis”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.” (Concepcin de Len,New York Times)

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Itis November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near theirwrecked Jeep at the bottom of a150-foot cliff on the north coast of theDominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths asaccidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explainthat the sisters were among the leadingopponents of Gen. Rafael Lenidas Trujillosdictatorship. It doesnt have to. Everybody knows of LasMariposastheButterflies.

In this extraordinarynovel, the voices of all four sisters–Minerva, Patria, Mara Teresa, and thesurvivor,Ded–speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secretcrushes to gunrunning, and to describe theeveryday horrors of life underTrujillos rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarezs imagination, themartyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and thehuman 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 Garca Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas.”Francisco Cant,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
“Amagnificent 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 Republicand the very real human cost it entailed.”Cosmopolitan.com