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Join us for Ruthmere's April Book Club meeting! New members WELCOME!The April book is "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez (fiction). The meeting to discuss this book will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17th at the Havilah Beardsley House.
SYNOPSIS:
"Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands.
From the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents comes this tale of courage and sisterhood set in the Dominican Republic during the rise of the Trujillo dictatorship. A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government. Alvarez breathes life into these historical figures--known as "las mariposas," or "the butterflies," in the underground--as she imagines their teenage years, their gradual involvement with the revolution, and their terror as their dissentience is uncovered."
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Contact Tehillah Moses ([email protected]) or Linnea Wuorenmaa ([email protected]) if you are interested in joining the meeting. New history-focused readers welcome!
The 2025 Ruthmere Book Club is sponsored by Gordon & Phyllis Hostetler. Thank you!
The Ruthmere Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction. Books are sometimes provided by Book Club leaders or are available from the Elkhart Public Library; contact us for more information.
For a list of all 2025 books, visit https://ruthmere.org/Book-Club/
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102 W Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514-2753, United States
