The Poisonwood Bible
By (author): "Barbara Kingsolver"
Publish Date:
September 24th 1998
ISBN0061512826
ISBN139780061512827
AsinThe Poisonwood Bible
CharactersOrleanna Price, Ruth May Price, Rachel Rebeccah Price, Leah Price, Nat
Original titleThe 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.
