<Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813 /. 54 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3551. L845 I5 1994 </Td> </Tr> <P> In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez, relating an 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 1994, the story was adapted into a feature film in 2001 . </P> <P> This is the story of the four Mirabal sisters during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic . At school, one of the sisters, Minerva, meets a girl, Sinita, who later became one of her best friends . Sinita eventually confided in Minerva the truth about Trujillo - that their "glorious" leader was a killer . The sisters make a political commitment to overthrow the Trujillo regime . They are harassed, persecuted, and imprisoned, all while their family suffers retaliation from the Military Intelligence Service (SIM). </P>

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