GNG in Julia Alvarez’s “Afterlife”
Published almost thirty years ago, Julia Alvarez’s book, In the Time of the Butterflies (En el tiempo de las mariposas in Spanish), is an emotional, soul-stirring read. The moving account details the fictionalized experiences of the Mirabal sisters living under the Trujillo regime. She introduces her readers to themes of sisterhood, freedom of movement, activism, […]