![]() ![]() Patria had lost her faith after the death of her baby, but when she sees all of the pilgrims praying she hears the Virgin Mary speaking to her.Īfter the girls' deaths, a family servant, Fela, begins channeling their spirits for visitors, including Minerva's daughter, Minou. ![]() All four sisters accompany their mother on a pilgrimage to Higüey. It's hinted that stress over her sister's political risks affects her pregnancy. She quickly has two kids but loses her third baby. The oldest sister, Patria, meanwhile, is meant to be a nun but falls in love with a boy and marries him at age sixteen. Minerva gets involved in political movements at school and makes her little sister, María Teresa, hide her diary where she keeps details about who's involved, like her friend Hilda. She makes friends with a fellow student, Sinita, who tells her a dark secret: President Trujillo's men have killed every man in her family, including her brother. Minerva, the third sister, talks her parents into sending her to boarding school along with her older sister Patria. Her unexpected visit sends Dedé on a trip down memory lane, and we get the benefit of the story of her sisters' lives. In 1994, a crazy gringa dominicana (Dominican gringa) shows up at Dedé Mirabal's house in the Dominican Republic to interview her about the lives of her famous dead sisters: Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa. Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies: Novel Summary ![]()
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