Words Wednesday: Barbara Kingsolver
This week’s Words Wednesday comes from The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
Published in 1998, The Poisonwood Bible follows the lives of the Price family, missionaries who move from the state of Georgia to the Belgian Congo in 1959. Throughout the novel, The Poisonwood Bible delves into the lives and minds of each member of the Price family as they build their lives in Africa. The novel ultimately explores themes of religion, guilt, humanity and the tragic consequences of colonialism. Barbara Kingsolver’s novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
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