Kingsolver: Poisonwood Bible
November 6th, 2008 by editor
Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it–from garden seeds to Scripture–is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.
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A stunning tale told through the voices of the wife and daughters of Nathan Price, as they look back at their time in the Congo. Nathan’s crass insensitivity to the people he has come to convert is truly shocking. I have recommended this book to many of my friends and family.
Busby Book group, sadly only a few people read and completed this book, but the people who read it really enjoyed it would give it a rating of 9 out of ten
This book is very nice book. This is one and only book.