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The Poisonwood Bible: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

The Poisonwood Bible: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Barbara Kingsolver (Author)

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    Paperback 2017

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Synopsis

An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.This new edition for 2017 features a cover design by award-winning fashion designer, Tina Lobondi. This story 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 will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 640
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Jul 2017
ISBN 10: 0571339794
ISBN 13: 9780571339792
Book Overview: An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world. This new edition for 2017 features a cover design by award-winning fashion designer, Tina Lobondi.

Author Bio
Barbara Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned a devoted readership. In 2010 she won the Orange Prize for The Lacuna and her 2012 novel Flight Behaviour was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Before she made her living as a writer, Kingsolver earned degrees in biology and worked as a scientist. She now lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.