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The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible , by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River.

“But I've swallowed my pride before, that's for sure. I'm practically lined with my mistakes on the inside like a bad-wallpapered bathroom.”

Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible

Source: The Poisonwood Bible

“A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.”

Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible (1998).

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Quotes from work The Poisonwood Bible