The Poisonwood Bible

“Toni Morrison famously said "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." Unfortunately for me, Barbara Kingsolver already wrote this book, and I read it, so now I will never write it. Like Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding, this book was recommended to me by a writing teacher who knew exactly what would move me. The treatment of language and culture and religion and race and gender and family and age and desire and history and colonization and belonging and and and...”

“this summer, I’ve been drawn to stories that combine religion, relationships and power, and The Poisonwood Bible is in the center of that venn diagram. If you like stories about overly zealous, narcissistic fathers using religion to justify their actions, this one’s for you”

“I've loved everything I've read by Kingsolver, but my god how did she research and write this book. Had me learning the geography and history of the Congo. Incredible, a must read.”

“Missionaries in the Congo. Religion, politics, race, family.”