{"product_id":"alive-in-their-garden-the-true-story-of-the-mirabal-sisters-and-their-fight-for-freedom-paperback","title":"Alive in Their Garden: The True Story of the Mirabal Sisters and Their Fight for Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDedé Mirabal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAna E. Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHeather Hennes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lives and legacy of the iconic Mirabal sisters, as told in an intimate memoir by the sister who survived\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1960, the three sisters Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal, code-named \"Las Mariposas\" (The Butterflies) by a Dominican underground resistance movement, were assassinated by order of dictator Rafael Trujillo. \u003ci\u003eAlive in Their Garden\u003c\/i\u003enis the memoir of Dedé Mirabal, their surviving sister, who for decades kept her sisters alive in Dominican memory. This is the first English translation of Dedé's story, an intimate account of a tragedy and the international outcry that, for many, heralded the fall of the Trujillo dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her memoir, Dedé recollects her sisters' lives and personalities, the optimistic beginning of the 14th of June Revolutionary Movement, and the tragic day of her sisters' murders. She details the emotionally charged court proceedings that followed and the impact these events had not only on the Mariposas' children and family but on the world. Along her journey, Dedé grapples with the question, \"Why did they not kill you too?\" And as time goes on, she comes to recognize her own important role: raising her sisters' children alongside her own and working to preserve the memory of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features the memoir's original introduction by Julia Alvarez, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, a chronology by historian Bernardo Vega, and an afterword by Minerva's daughter Minou Tavárez Mirabal. Adding a preface and explanatory notes that orient readers to the \u003ci\u003eTrujillato\u003c\/i\u003e in the Dominican Republic, translators and editors Ana Martínez and Heather Hennes bring a moving true story and valuable piece of history to new readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDedé Mirabal\u003c\/b\u003e (1925‒2014) was the surviving sister of Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal and the founder of the Mirabal Sisters Foundation and the Mirabal Sisters House Museum. \u003cb\u003eAna (Nani)\u003cbr\u003eE. Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, translator, and interpreter living in the Dominican Republic. \u003cb\u003eHeather Hennes\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Spanish at Saint Joseph's University, is the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavárez: Love and Resistance in the Time of Trujillo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575341277491,"sku":"9781683405009","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/alive-in-their-garden-the-true-story-of-the-mirabal-sisters-and-their-fight-for-freedom-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}