{"product_id":"the-poisonwood-bible-barbara-kingsolver-hardcover","title":"The Poisonwood Bible -- Barbara Kingsolver, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A powerful new epic . . .  Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.\" --Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e 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--from garden seeds to Scripture--is calamitously 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 in postcolonial Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel establishes Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Kingsolver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.46w x 1.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060175405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e35204 \/ Poisonwood Bible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/1998 pg. 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1998 pg. 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1998 pg. 1219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/1998 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/1998 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1998 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest of Book Sense\/First 5 Yrs\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2008 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2009 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2013 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2014 pg. 113","brand":"Barbara Kingsolver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49882513703140,"sku":"9780060175405","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780060175405.jpg?v=1789631745","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-poisonwood-bible-barbara-kingsolver-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}