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A Penguin Vitae Edition
ItĀ is November 25, 1960, and three sisters have been found near theirĀ wrecked Jeep at the bottom of aĀ 150-foot cliff on the north coast of theĀ Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths asĀ accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explainĀ that the sisters were among the leadingĀ opponents of the dictatorship of General Rafael LeĆ³nidas Trujillo. It doesnāt have to. Everybody knows of LasĀ Mariposas--theĀ Butterflies.
In this extraordinaryĀ novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, MarĆa Teresa, and theĀ survivor,Ā DedĆ©--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secretĀ crushes to gunrunning, and to describe theĀ everyday horrors of life underĀ Trujilloās rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarezās storytelling, theĀ martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and theĀ human cost of political oppression.
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