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The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Harper (Oct 01, 1999)
9780060930530
| Softcover
543 pages | 140 x 210 mm | English
$ 15.00 | Value: $ 15.00
Dewey 813.54
LC Classification PS3561 .I496 P65 1998

Genre

  • General Fiction
  • Historical

Subject

  • Americans
  • Americans - Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Domestic Fiction
  • Missionaries

Plot

In 1959, Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist, takes his four young daughters, his wife, and his mission to the Belgian Congo -- a place, he is sure, where he can save needy souls. But the seeds they plant bloom in tragic ways within this complex culture. Set against one of the most dramatic political events of the twentieth century -- the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium and its devastating consequences -- here is New York Times-bestselling author Barbara Kingslover's beautiful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable epic that chronicles the disintegration of family and a nation.