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"I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about the human mind which revealed the intensity of this problem. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture."
- Sidney Madwed
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 560 pages
Edition: 1 HARPER
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 0060930535
Release Date: Jan 8, 1990
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 5 reviews.)
| |  | | | From The Publisher
The Poisonwood Bible is a story 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. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 5 Average Rating:
'Chick' Book with Action and Excitement 
-- A reviewer, a well traveled surfer/philosopher, May 16, 2002
Wow
-- amanda, a senior @ CSU... woohoo, July 18, 2002
Also Recommended: The Ladies Auxiliary by. Tova Mirvis Not really on the same topic, or necessarily related, but I think if you like The Poisonwood Bible, you will ilke this one, too.
Really enjoyed this
-- Maria Alvarez, a reader, July 15, 2002
Also Recommended: SB: 1 or God by Karl Maddox
incredible
-- Sarah, a recent college grad, July 15, 2002
Also Recommended: Things Fall Apart, Prodigal Summer
This is a FANTASTIC book
-- Tamile, August 12, 2002
Also Recommended: Empire Falls, Animal Dreams, The Stand
| |  | | | The Word On The Street
There are few ambitious, successful and beautiful novels. Lucky for us, we have one now, in Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible....This awed reviewer hardly knows where to begin. —Jane Smiley
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