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Copyright © 1994 by Julia Alvarez

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In the time of the butterflies / Julia Alvarez.

eISBN : 978-1-101-07699-6

1. Mirabal, Maria Teresa, 1935-1960—Fiction. 2. Mirabal,
Minerva, 1926-1960—Fiction. 3. Mirabal, Patria, 1924-1960—
Fiction. 4. Dominican Republic—History—1930-1961—Fiction.
5. Women revolutionaries—Dominican Republic—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3551.L84515 1995
813’.54—dc20 95-8091
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