kingsolver, barbara

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Barbara Kingsolver presents a month-by-month chronicle of her family's year-long effort to live solely on the food that they were able to grow on their farm in Appalachia. Also discusses a variety of topics, including the importance of going organic, the use of pesticides, the importance of a restructured Farm Bill, and fair trade. Includes anecdotes and recipes from Kingsolver's nineteen-year-old daughter, Camille.

The story of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they need from home but it soon becomes apparent that they need nothing as Africa transforms them into different people.

"The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.

The author tells how she and her family relocated to southern Appalachia from Arizona in order to live a simpler life, grow their own food, and live among a community of local organic growers.

Presents a study of Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible," the story of a family that moves to the Belgian Congo in 1959, and includes a short biography of the author, a summary of the novel's initial reception and modern-day status, and a list of discussion questions.