Poisonwood Bible, The

Set in the Congo in 1959, a family is led by an overzealous, evangelical Baptist father on a mission to save the souls of the local native Africans. His wife is one of five narrators who tells the story, mingling her version with those of her four daughters. The women slowly become shaken by the challenges of this new culture; however, the father remains steadfast in his goal of baptizing all the villagers.