In the Time of the Butterflies | What Do I Read Next?
Like In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez's first novel, How the GarcĂa Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), revolves around the lives of four sisters. In this semi-autobiographical work, she depicts their struggles both as Dominican immigrants to the United States and as women.
Something to Declare, published in 1998, is a collection of personal essays by Alvarez. She discusses several aspects of her life, including her search for information about the Mirabal sisters...
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