Will always remember this book - touched my heart!!!

I have a first edition from this most trusted author. Her non-fiction is superb. I have loved all of her novels but this is a masterpiece. I learned about the Congo and the US culpability - isn't this timely, AGAIN, in 2009.

A fabulous book - Deeply moving, perceptive, thought provoking and, above all beautiful.

She's a great writer...the story was just sad.

1 1/2. Not much here to enlighten your reading experience of the novel. I think the high marks for this readers guide are due to confusion of thinking this is the actual novel"Poisonwood Bible".

This book truly changed my life. It remains the only book I've ever read twice.

The story being told through the eyes of the four females enabled a range of view points to be expressed giving a wider insight to their situations. Our Western culture was shown to be duplicite with the bigoted Christian missionary more interested in his own glory than the best interest of the local Congolese and the US using any means to overthrow a legitimately elected communist government to further their own aims.

The mothers description of loosing a child was brilliantly written giving an insight of how a woman feels when a child has died.

An excellent and well researched novel.