In Part I, surviving Mirabal sister Dedé relates the story of how her sisters first came to political awareness. Minerva performs in a play where she portrays the figure of Liberty and aims an imaginary arrow at Trujillo's heart.
•In Part II, the Mirabal sisters become embroiled in the resistance movement attempting to overthrow Trujillo. Patria joins the movement after witnessing a massacre carried out by Trujillo's forces.•Part III ends abruptly as three of the sisters journey to visit two of their husbands, who've been detained in a remote prison. In the epilogue, their brutal deaths are recounted, and Alvarez makes brief mention of the fact that Trujillo is ousted a few years later.