A review by marci_in_maine
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

5.0

I first read this book maybe 13 years ago, before I had children. It became one of my all-time favorites. I recall that I cried at the end and I was so sad because I felt these people had become part of me. The second reading, even though I knew what happens, was no less amazing. The language is incredible and the intimacy of the five points of view connects you so tightly to them. The book is so full of life that its hard to believe it is merely words on a page. And now having my own children I think the book touched me in an even deeper way. Those feelings of connection and guilt and longing and self-preservation...what mother had not lived through all of those, although perhaps a lesser degree than Orleanna.

I highly recommend this book.