" My nephew, Erik, gave me this book to read. He is a professorionalized account of the real lives and martyrdoms of the 4 Mirabal sisters in the 1950s-1960s in that nearby island nation. One sister survived, and Erik met her last year. I was a child during the political events in the story, and the DR isn't a place much noted in American history books, so I was unfamiliar with the events. It was an eye-opening story to learn about the political events there, Trujillo's dictatorship, and the brave Mirabal women who fought for freedom and sparked the overthrow of the government with their deaths. The anniversary of their assassinations, on November 25th, has now been honored as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. The author, by recreating the women's lives in a fictional but accurate as to historical events narrative, made the story and those brave women come alive for me, and I enjoyed this book. "
— Bobbi, 1/12/2014