“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingslover – Colony of Turmoil
Barbara Kingslover's voice has been resonating high and loud for over a decade now as she put her vast life experience to good use as an author, touching the sorts of depths in her works many of her peers shy away from. The Poisonwood Bible is a novel many consider to be her magnum opus (so far), and it follows an evangelical Baptist and his family as they set out on a mission to the Belgian Congo amidst its immense political turmoil in 1959.