You will all enjoy this book. I just know it. It is about the revolution in the Dominican Republic. Shamefully I admit I did not know about this until I read the book. But the Mariposas are very popular. It was this historical vignette. Each chapter is one of four sisters perspective and story. They are these wonderfully spirited girls and daughters that grow up to be mothers and wives and revolutionaries. I loved the way this history was presented. You come to know and love the characters.
A great book to read in tandem is THE SILENCE OF GOD. This book is about the revolution in Russia, staring the first LDS family baptized in Mother Russia. Revolutions and Communism are themes in 20th century history. These books portray that with a very human element. I am not very eloquent, just read them they are interesting.
