In Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, evangelical Baptist preacher Nathan Price takes his family to the Belgian Congo as missionaries in 1959. It becomes clear that they are woefully unprepared to deal with life in such a drastically different culture and climate. Nathan is inflexible in his approach to both the Congolese and his family, and his wife and daughters are overwhelmed by their changed circumstances. The story of this family's struggle against the backdrop of the Congolese independence movement makes The Poisonwood Bible Kingsolver's most powerful novel yet.
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