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About Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver was a contemporary American author, poet, and essayist. Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Soul — The inner self, consciousness, and spiritual essence

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