A missionary family moves to the Congo in 1959, and each woman tells what happened
What it is about
Nathan Price, a Baptist preacher, takes his wife Orleanna and their four daughters to a village in the Belgian Congo in 1959. The story is told in the voices of the mother and daughters, who each see the place, and a country in change, very differently.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like big, serious novels about family, faith and history.
What you will get
A rich, absorbing read that shows one story from several angles. It stays in the mind long after you finish.
Behind the book
Kingsolver lived in Congo for a time as a child, and the novel took her about ten years to write; it was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize.
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Genre
Literary Fiction · Family · Colonialism · Faith
Length
546 pages · ≈ 16 h
More about this book
Characters
Orleanna Price and her daughters Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May.
Setting
A village in the Congo in 1959, and the decades that follow.
What makes it different
Five women narrate, each with a distinct voice.
Feel
Rich, absorbing and sometimes painful.
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