After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth. (Barbara Kingsolver)

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

Barbara Kingsolver

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