Kingsolver's powerful new book is actually an old-fashioned 19th-century novel, a Hawthornian tale of sin and redemption and the 'wages of guilt.'
Some books you read. This one you feel. A New York Times Bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club selection, this Pulitzer finalist follows one family’s undoing in the Belgian Congo. Five unforgettable voices. A sweeping, luminous epic of faith and family. One we press into hands with a knowing smile.
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Some books you read. This one you feel. Right down in your bones.
The Poisonwood Bible is 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’ll 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 three decades in postcolonial Africa. Each of the five Price women takes a turn narrating, and Barbara Kingsolver gives them all such distinct, unforgettable voices that you’ll swear you’ve met them.
A New York Times Bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection, this beloved novel was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. It’s the kind of story readers return to again and again—a sweeping, heartbreaking, luminous meditation on faith, family, guilt, and the price of good intentions.
This special P.S. edition includes an extra 16 pages of insights: author interviews, recommended reading, and more—perfect for book clubs or anyone who likes to linger a little longer with a story.
Nestled here on the shelf, it’s one of those novels we press into people’s hands with a knowing smile. Rich, immersive, and impossible to forget.
Pour yourself something warm. Settle in. This is a big, generous book that rewards every hour you give it.
Kingsolver's powerful new book is actually an old-fashioned 19th-century novel, a Hawthornian tale of sin and redemption and the 'wages of guilt.'
A powerful new epic ... She has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religious conviction and political intrigue into a thing of terrible beauty.
Kingsolver is a gifted magician of words.
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