The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible is a bestselling novel by Barbara Kingsolver that tells the story of the Price family, a Baptist missionary family from Georgia, who travel to the Belgian Congo in 1959. Narrated by the five women of the family — mother Orleanna and her four daughters: Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May — the novel explores themes of cultural imperialism, colonialism, religion, and family amidst the political turmoil of the Congo's struggle for independence.