Alive in Their Garden. The True Story of the Mirabal Sisters and Their Fight for Freedom, Paperback/Dede Mirabal

In 1960, the three sisters Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal, code-named “Las Mariposas” 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, who for decades kept her sisters alive in Dominican memory. Publisher: University Press of Florida Author(s): Dede Mirabal Illustration(s): 43 b&w illus. Number of pages: 304 Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 23 Cover type: Paperback / softback