In the time of the butterflies (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)
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Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, ©2019.
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25th anniversary edition.
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8 books in one bag illustrations ; 21 cm AUDIOBOOK AVAILABLE FROM COLORADO TALKING BOOK LIBRARY
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Published
Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, ©2019.
Format
Local Library Checkout Only
Edition
25th anniversary edition.
Language
English

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BOOKS LOANED TO LIBRARIES FOR BOOK CLUB USE ONLY! Sponsored by the Colorado State Library Book Club Project.
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"25th Anniversary Edition"--Cover
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Includes Reader's Guide and other special features.
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"This work of fiction is based on historical facts referred to in the author's Postscript on pages 323-324"--T.p. verso
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"Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republica in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands."--Provided by publisher
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"It is November 25, 1960, and three sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the young women were among the leading opponents of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas-- the Butterflies." In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo's rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez's imaginative storytelling, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage, love, and the human cost of political oppression"-- Back Cover
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An ALA Notable Book. Julia Alvarez's eagerly awaited second novel is a powerful story of courage, innocence, and political martyrdom in the Hispanic Caribbean. Based on actual events--the death of three sisters on November 25, 1960--the novel immerses us in an epoch in the life of the Dominican Republic. The "Butterflies," as they were known, lived daringly and dangerously under a regime that imprisoned, tortured, and killed with impunity. -- Publisher description
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Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,18,21632.
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Also issued online.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, J. (2019). In the time of the butterflies (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) (25th anniversary edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. 2019. In the Time of the Butterflies (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) 25th anniversary edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.

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