Whew! That was a quick trip to Afghanistan and back. That is because “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” by Khaled Hosseini, is a quick read and a good story. It opens in the 1950s in northern Afghanistan. It is the life stories of two women, and how their lives become entwined. Mr. Hosseini was able to […]
Adult Summer Reading: The Poisonwood Bible – a Review
“The Poisonwood Bible” was written by Barbara Kingsley. It is a fictional account of a family’s missionary experience in The Congo, Africa, beginning in 1960. The family consists of a minister father, mother, and 4 daughters. Father has ghosts from his past, which cause him to be too zealous in his expectations of the Congolese […]
