The Poisonwood Bible: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

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Faber & Faber, Sep 4, 2008 - Fiction - 640 pages

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
WITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS

An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.

'A masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES
'Breathtaking.' Sunday Times
'Exquisite.' The Times
'Beautiful.' Independent
'Powerful.' New York Times

This story is 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.
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Contents

BOOK ONE Genesis
BOOK THREE The judges
BOOK FIVE Exodus
BOOK SIX Song of the Three Children
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About the author (2008)

Barbara Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned a devoted readership. In 2010 she won the Orange Prize for The Lacuna and her 2012 novel Flight Behaviour was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Before she made her living as a writer, Kingsolver earned degrees in biology and worked as a scientist. She now lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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