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The poisonwood Bible : a novel

Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher: New York : HarperFlamingo, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
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Genre/Form: Domestic fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN: 0060175400 9780060175405
OCLC Number: 38916924
Description: x, 546 p. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Barbara Kingsolver.
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The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.

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Her best book to date

by suekane (WorldCat user published 2008-05-14) Excellent Permalink
While Kingsolver's earlier books were enjoyable, this is her first work of serious literature. Don't be put off by the length -- it's worth every page.
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