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

In this memoir, Dedé Mirabal offers an intimate account of the lives and
legacy of her sisters Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal,
Dominican revolutionaries who were assassinated in 1960 by order of
dictator Rafael Trujillo. This is the first English translation of
Dedé's story, introducing new readers to a tragedy and international
outcry that heralded the fall of the Trujillo dictatorship.

About the author

Dedé
Mirabal (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.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Hennes, Ana E. Martinez, Dede Mirabal, Dedé Mirabal
• Assisted by: Heather Hennes (Editor), Ana E Martínez (Editor), Heather Hennes (Translation), Ana E Martínez (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Florida Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781683404880
• ISBN: 978-1-68340-488-0
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 671 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous