Alive in Their Garden: The True Story of the Mirabal Sisters and Their Fight for Freedom

by Dede Mirabal

The lives and legacy of the iconic Mirabal
sisters, as told in an intimate memoir by the sister who survived

In 1960, the
three sisters Patria, Minerva, and Mar a Teresa Mirabal, code-named "Las Mariposas" (The Butterflies)
by a Dominican underground resistance movement, were assassinated by order of dictator
Rafael Trujillo. Alive in Their Garden is the memoir of Ded Mirabal, their surviving sister,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683405005
• ISBN13: 9781683405009
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: University of Florida Press
• Length: 304 Pages