Julia Alvarez's 1994 historical fiction novel In the Time of the Butterflies tells the fictionalized story of the Mirabal sisters, who fought against Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic from 1938 to 1960. The novel is told from the perspectives of the four sisters: Patria, Minerva, María Teresa, and Dedé. The story covers their secret crushes, gunrunning, and the horrors of life under Trujillo's rule.