![]() ![]() Orleanna, their mother, narrates from the future, her narration interspersed with the girls’ stories. Ruth May, the baby, is the most courageous of all, with a contagious vivacity. Adah, Leah’s twin, detaches herself from the rest of the world, hiding behind her crooked body. Leah, next, is idealistic and eager to please. Rachel, the oldest daughter, is shallow and vapid. Orleanna and her four daughters are the narrators, and each infuses her own personality and point of view into her narration, forcing the reader to carefully consider the speaker’s reliability. ![]() The story follows the Price family for about 30 years, beginning with their move from small-town America to the Belgian Congo in 1959, a much-anticipated part of their father Nathan’s missionary work. It continues to be somewhat controversial more than 10 years later. Though the book received critical acclaim, garnering New York Times bestseller status and becoming Editors’ Choice for the New York Times Book Review, it has received mixed popular reviews from the moment it hit stores in 1998. Barbara Kingsolver’s renowned novel “The Poisonwood Bible” is essentially risky. ![]()
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