Set during the waning days of the trujillo dictatorship in the dominican republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story of the mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visitin...Set during the waning days of the trujillo dictatorship in the dominican republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story of the mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands. From the author of comes this tale of courage and sisterhood set in the dominican republic during the rise of the trujillo dictatorship.