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.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0060786507
ISBN-13
9780060786502
Publication Date
May 2005
Item Weight
1.00 pounds
Length
1.18 inch
Width
7.99 inch
Height
5.20 inch
First Sentence
IMAGINE A RUIN so strange it must never have happened.