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The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it is transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades. There was lots of views of the story that was being told. Wh
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Great realistic multiple female points of view (POV) about the colonialzation, exploitation and blindness of "the missionary" in the 1960s Congo. Adah, by far is my favorite voice, though Ruth May and Rachel are hilarious as well in the naivete and sense of wonder, but not in that order.
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Very good book, very interesting.
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