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An amazingly well-done novelization of the lives of the Mirabel sisters, 3 of whom were murdered by the Trujillo regime near the end of that regime. The fourth and surviving sister was on of Alvarez's sources, as was a daughter of one of the murdered sisters, and others.
I rarely enjoy "novelizations", but this is excellent. Of course, her sources were great, and in the front of the novel Alvarez refers readers to the back, where she explains her interest in the topic and how/why the book itself ...more
I rarely enjoy "novelizations", but this is excellent. Of course, her sources were great, and in the front of the novel Alvarez refers readers to the back, where she explains her interest in the topic and how/why the book itself ...more
This is a fabulous, heart-breaking story based on real people about the cost of freedom and the damage of oppression. All U.S. citizens should read it as a cautionary tale in this time of more and more government power over our lives.
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