Alvarez, Julia. creator text Historical fiction. ncu Chapel Hill, N.C Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1994 1st ed. monographic eng

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325 p. ; 23 cm. 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. Julia Alvarez. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 5.8 18. Also issued online. nwdr--- Mirabal, María Teresa 1935-1960 Mirabal, Minerva 1926-1960 Mirabal, Patria 1924-1960 Women revolutionaries Fiction Novela dominicana Literatura dominicana Mujeres revolucionarias República Dominicana Novela Historical fiction Dominican Republic History 1930-1961 Fiction 118 PQ 7409 A473i 1994 1565120388 9781565120389 DLC 940330 20230410102138.0 spa