A Baptist preacher drags his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo in 1959 -- and the country's transformation destroys and remakes his family in equal measure.
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PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026 TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE WITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS 'A masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES 'Breathtaking.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Beautiful.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want their assumptions challenged: books that raise questions without easy answers. This is a book that asks something of you. Dense, layered, and best read slowly. The pacing is balanced, time to breathe between moments that matter. If you want clear answers and a satisfying resolution, look elsewhere.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something challenging and thought-provoking, and a read that's balanced and absorbing.
What It Explores
The Poisonwood Bible explores family in all its complexity — inherited and chosen, power structures and how they shape individual lives, identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, and survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people.
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