Books Like In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Álvarez | Suggested Reading

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of In the Time of the Butterflies.

Books Like In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Álvarez | Suggested Reading

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Like In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez's first novel, How the Garcia 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 in "Chasing the Butterflies" and the impact of Trujillo on her family in "Genetics of Justice".

The Woman Warrior (1976) by Maxine Hong Kingston inspired Alvarez. This acclaimed work is based on Kingston's experiences. It foregrounds Chinese cultural expectations, such as the imposition of gender restrictions and the perceived dangers of storytelling, with which contemporary Chinese-American women must contend.

Edwidge Danticat's 1998 novel The Farming of Bones employs fiction to...

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