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storybookbelle82 's review for:
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
I avoided reading this book for quite a few years and now after reading it, I must say I have been very silly. I was turned off by it being required reading at the school where I worked and NOT because they don't choose good books (they usually do), but because I have been too drained to want edification from my relaxing passed time!
Well... it was wonderful. A perfect required reading for HS but also something everyone should read at some point in there lives. The environment created was so rich, I actually felt as if I were there. I dreamed the Africa of Barbara Kingslover with all of it's hardships and it's depth. Of course, this led to to a couple of wakeful nights but I'll take it for the worldly perspective it lent me.
The Poisonwood Bible will change the way you see your own country, your own kin. As for family dynamics, you get more than your fair share of complicated relationships and juicy drama to get a real sense of the way we are molded by our siblings, parents and closest friends. As far as my view of foreign relations goes... I was forced out of what I hadn't realized was an egocentric view of my homeland and the role we play in this world. The truths as they are perceived by others can be very different than your own truths. I feel that along with the characters of this novel, I too have been humbled by Barbara Kingslover's main protagonist... Africa.
Well... it was wonderful. A perfect required reading for HS but also something everyone should read at some point in there lives. The environment created was so rich, I actually felt as if I were there. I dreamed the Africa of Barbara Kingslover with all of it's hardships and it's depth. Of course, this led to to a couple of wakeful nights but I'll take it for the worldly perspective it lent me.
The Poisonwood Bible will change the way you see your own country, your own kin. As for family dynamics, you get more than your fair share of complicated relationships and juicy drama to get a real sense of the way we are molded by our siblings, parents and closest friends. As far as my view of foreign relations goes... I was forced out of what I hadn't realized was an egocentric view of my homeland and the role we play in this world. The truths as they are perceived by others can be very different than your own truths. I feel that along with the characters of this novel, I too have been humbled by Barbara Kingslover's main protagonist... Africa.