![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We never hear Nathan in his own voice but we do hear Nathan a great deal and, likely, a great deal too much. The story is told from the perspective of the Price women: Nathan’s wife Orleanna and their daughters Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible is about a Baptist missionary family who is taken to Africa by their dominant and domineering preacher husband/father Nathan Price. Rather, I am saying that even in light of these areas I found this to be one of the most well-told, provocative, insightful, powerful, unsettling, and well-written books I’ve ever encountered. This is not to say that I did not find some aspects problematic. But though I’m late to the party I did still want to show up for The Poisonwood Bible is one of the most remarkable novels I’ve ever read. I realize that I am very much late to the party in doing so as it was published over a decade ago and has been widely hailed as a modern classic for years. ![]() I have been wanting for some time to share some thoughts about Barbara Kingsolver’s amazing novel, The Poisonwood Bible. ![]()
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