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Oprah's Book Club
The Poisonwood Bible Discussion
Meet the members of this discussion and
read their
touching letters that got them here!How this book Moved the Discussion Members Oprah: "I read [The Poisonwood Bible] in less than three days or so and my deepest regret was that I didn't have the time that you all had to read it over the summer... Doesn't it just open you in a way that you never expected?" Joy: "I felt like you were peeking in a diary I had written... In a missionary family, I'm the oldest of three daughters growing up in a similar setting... I don't look African... [but] I feel African and so it's real hard for people to -- because we're such visual people. They don't see what's inside my heart." Regina: "It was healing for me." Sheri: "Life changing. My family, I finally told them everything... Beautiful.... I told tham that I wasn't going to participate in [their] church anymore... and it was a big shock for them. But they handled it very well and are very supportive.... I've been teeter tottering for 11 years. I didn't want to support my family. I didn't know if I was making the right choice. (But because I read this book, I knew why I couldn't participate in that church anymore)..." Suzanne: "Everyone at the table has such a personal experience and connection to [the book]... And for me it was this sort of examination. There's a lot of reference to things. To the things they carry. The things they leave behind. The things they lose. The things they bring back with them...And they get there and their stuff is useless... They think they have nothing. Meanwhile, their neighbors are looking at them as if they are the wealthiest people they have ever seen, and it's not until they lose Ruth May that they can finally make that connection." Writing from Different Perspectives Barbara: "One of the things I was worried about in the writing was that readers younger than myself, women younger than myself, would never understand why this woman would go along with this. And so each of the voices sort of tells a story, says listen version of the story. And I decided to make her version of the story this extended apology and plea for understanding." Thank You To Her Readers Barbara: "It's really touching to me. It's amazing to me and powerful -- a powerful experience for me as a writer to hear all of your stories because, you know, we write out books in this quiet little room alone and can only imagine the life that the book has when it goes out into the world and touches all of out." Read more about The Poisonwood Bible.  Share your opinions about this discussion in our message boards.
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Barbara Kingsolver, Author 