Some schools have updated their reading lists, dropping certain Literary Classics and replacing them with books such as this—and with good reason. The Poisonwood Bible stands as Barbara Kingsolver’s Magnus Opus; her writing is evidence of unfettered brilliance, sheer determination, and her unequivo...
There's plenty of goodreads reviewers who felt differently, but I found The Poisonwood Bible. They are both books about countries and cultures that I was only vaguely familiar with and they are both about a very specific turning point in each country's history. And while they are both good, in my op...
Oh Congo, Congo. Why wasn't it full of sun and tropical breeze? Why was it instead sunk in pain, drunk in sadness, drowned in atrocities, and so irrevocably lost? Why could I not feel just a bit of sunlight, but rather such a dismal outlook? Why could not all the songs, all the dances, all the color...
This novel is just jam packed with all sorts of goodness. Tragic love, misguided faith and a coming of age story all a midst the background of a struggling and politically inundated Congo. The writing is superb and at times even subtle in some of it's lessons. Kingsolver's story of redemption has a ...
4.5 StarsThe novel tells the story of the Price family, who go on a mission to rural Congo on the eve of its independence; on the impetus of Nathan, a baptist priest. It is told primarily from the perspective of the four Price daughters; Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May-but Orleanna, their mother and...
"This forest eats itself and lives forever." p.5"Leah says in Congo there's only two ages of people: babies that have to be carried, and people that stand up and fend for themselves. No in-between phase. No such thing as childhood. Sometimes I think she's right." p. 358"You have nothing to lose but ...
I really enjoyed this novel, and it was incredibly well written.The Prices, headed by their evangelical-Baptist head of household, go to Africa (specifically the Belgian Congo) in 1959 on a mission. The story spans through the 60s through the 90s. This book is told from the perspectives of the wome...
I would never have read this book without the nudging of my local library. The Poisonwood Bible hit my radar via the suggested reading list for the adult winter reading program, Destination: Anywhere, sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library. I don't normally read this flavor of historical fict...
That wasn't the best ending ever in the history of books. It was a good literary fiction though. I found myself wanting to rush through escudos and Adahs point of view to get to the next part about Leah and her family.
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