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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver

Harpercollins Publishers | June 23, 2005 | Trade Paperback

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.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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    Rating: 4/5

    The Poisonwood Bible

    Lisa Newman

    2 months ago

    A good book with a great story that really keeps you thinking long after you have finished it. I'm still figuring things out about it. Religion and missionary work is the general storyline and how one family fits into the work and adapting to a new lifestyle in Congo. The story is told from each of the family members point of view.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Wonderful!

    Ursula Page

    4 months ago

    This was recommended to me by a used book shopkeeper when I mentioned I was leaving for a long trip to Africa. Though it was a rather large book to transport, I do not regret fitting it into my backpack and leaving it at a hostel for an other traveler.
    The writing was very simple, never boring, and kept me entertained. A missionary, his wife and four children are sent to Congo to assimilate the native people to the Christian religion. Each chapter is narrated by one of the four daughter's as they tell the difficulties of living and growing up under such a different environment.
    The father, Nathan, is abusive and seems to be suffering post-traumatic stress in regards to serving in WWII and fleeing it. He feels the need to fill his regret and cowardliness of the war by attempting to spread the word of God, even though it puts his whole family at danger.
    I could keep going on forever on how entertaining and insightful of a read this was, but I wish to leave the rest to the next reader. Quick warning: This was a tear-jerker... Well for me anyway.

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    Rating: 5/5

    I love this book

    Willa

    5 months ago

    I love The Poisonwood Bible. Barbara Kingsolver has a really lovely style of writing and I was completely engrossed in the story line. I really 'felt' these characters and at times felt heartache for them. A beautiful book that I highly recommend.

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    The Poisonwood Bible

    Danika Vrancken

    12 years ago

    I was somewhat disappointed with the book especially since it was an "Oprah 's pick" I was left feeling that I never got to really know the characters...I always felt like an outsider looking in - never got swept away. Overall it is an interesting read - I was just expecting so much more - there was not one character I could really associate with because I found I never got the chance to really know any of them....the author just scratches the surface. I think I could recommend it - but with apprehension.

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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.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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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.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Trade Paperback

576 Pages, 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.99 in

June 23, 2005

Harpercollins Publishers

English


0060786507
9780060786502

From the Critics

“A powerful new epic . . . She has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

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