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novel by Julia Alvarez

This article is about the novel. For the film, see In the Time of the Butterflies (film).

In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction^[1] novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters. First published in , the story was adapted into a feature film in

Characters

Minerva: The third Mirabal sister, and certainly the most headstrong.

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In the time of the butterflies sisters oldest to youngest

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In the time of the butterflies summary

She is focused on law school, and succeeds in completing it as an adult, although Trujillo withholds her law license as revenge. She has a brief romance with the revolutionary leader "Lio" before she meets Manolo in law school (also a revolutionary) and marries him.

She has two children, a daughter Minou and a son Manolito.

Dedé: Dede is the second Mirabal sister. She is not as