The Poisonwood Bible
1998 • 570 pages
Ratings114
Average rating4.1
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Ratings114
Average rating4.1
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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One sentence synopsis... The transformation of the wife and four daughters of an evangelical preacher who brings his mission to the Belgian Congo during the period of colonial upheaval in 1959. .
Read it if you like... “The Kite Runner”, “Memoirs of a Geisha”, historical fiction with a deeply personal plot. .
Dream casting... is currently in development with Amy Adams. Pure Best Actress Oscar gold.
The writing made the characters so real to me that I just wanted to shout at them and shake them into seeing what the hell was really going on. This book made me furious, and I highly recommend it to all.
This is a long book, but I liked the multiple endings. It did not have a ‘tie-it-up-with-a-bow' typical fiction ending, but continued for another 100 pages or so. Barbara Kingsolver really outdid herself with this one.
