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The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver image credit: Steven Hopp
In 1959 Nathan Price, a bullying Baptist missionary, takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo. They are completely unprepared for the life they find there.

Nathan Price is a man who knows no doubt and the effects of his actions are told through the testimony of his four daughters.

The Poisonwood Bible was a huge success largely due to Oprah Winfrey's book club which opened it up to a wider audience.


The Poisonwood Bible: reading group guide
Salon: Barbara Kingsolver
Wikipedia: History of the Belgian Congo
Historical Novel Society


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