From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the sparknotes poisonwood bible study guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays. The poisonwood bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of nathan price. A novel by barbara kingsolver works cited africa map. Her full christian name is rachel rebekah, so she feels free to take after rebekah. The poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver audio book. Though adah is leahs identical twin sister, at least as a child she was very much night to leahs day. 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. 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. The poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver, paperback barnes. In a novel that resonates with my own familys missionary history not in the congo but in australias. The price family, including minister father, nathan, mother, orleanna, and four daughters, traveled to the belgian congo in the late 1950s to serve a baptist mission. The poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver book read online. Pay no attention to occasional intrusions by furry interlopers.
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