The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

Sara Bursavich

“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 langu”

Amanda

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

Ellen

“Pick anything by Barbara Kingsolver and I’ll agree. The Poisonwood Bible passes the re-read test: high school me got one thing, me in my 20s yet another, and so on.”