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The poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver.

Kingsolver, Barbara, (author.).

Summary:

The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.

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  • ISBN: 9780060175405
  • ISBN: 0060175400
  • ISBN: 9780060930530
  • ISBN: 0060930535
  • Physical Description: x, 546 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperFlamingo, [1998]

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General Note:
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546).
Target Audience Note:
960L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.6 29 35204.

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Americans > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Fiction.
Missionaries > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Fiction.
Families > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Fiction.
Evangelists > Fiction.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 1960-1997 > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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