| Barbara Kingsolver's modern and unique plot ideas, | | | | the African tribe and learn to live the same life, their |
| complete with her mesmerizing analytical writing style | | | | outlook on life is compared to customs and values in |
| has made her a favorite author among readers | | | | America, and Kingsolver is able to display how similar |
| young and old.A signature aspect of Kingsolver is her | | | | these detrimental values and lessons are in order to |
| ability to work veritable moral messages concerning | | | | live in any community. It is fascinating how Kingsolver |
| society into all of her novels, which seems to | | | | braids together two societies across the world, |
| attribute to the attraction many readers feel towards | | | | unveiling just how similar the internal values of |
| her work. Delicately, she intertwines multiple | | | | different cultures are.Kingsolver digs to the roots of |
| characters' lives, pasts and futures in order to point | | | | true humanity and the values of family, society and |
| out sacred life lessons that apply to characters in the | | | | one's soul, creating a fascinating aura of meaning |
| novels, and to the very people who are reading | | | | around her work.Some of her best and most popular |
| about them. Kingsolver also has a knack for | | | | works include "Animal Dreams" , "The Prodigal |
| describing scenes and plots of time so intricately that | | | | Summer", "Pigs In Heaven", and "Poisonwood |
| a reader almost feels as if they are actually in the | | | | Bible".Lauren Wise is a senior at Arizona State |
| plot, watching it unfold around them. | | | | University studying Media Analysis and Criticism in |
| These characteristics of her writing combined with | | | | Journalism. She has been a devoted reader of fiction |
| her transcendent and lyrical vocabulary fuses the | | | | and nonfiction works her entire life, and resides in |
| reader into the plot and keeps a tight coil around | | | | Tempe, Arizona. She has moved 18 times around |
| them until the very last page.One of her best known | | | | America, and feels that this attributes to her cultural |
| onvels, "The Poisonwood Bible", tells the story of a | | | | and peaceful outlook on life and society. Lauren plans |
| pastor raising his daughters deep in the missionaries | | | | to leave for the Peace Corps after graduating college. |
| of an African village in the wilderness. Besides | | | | She loves music, books, painting, her crazy family, |
| Kingsolver's incredible accuracy with landscape | | | | and devoted boyfriend. Currently, she writes for A2Z |
| imagery and the intensity the reader feels between | | | | Magazine, is the Op/Ed editor of Scottsdale |
| the characters, it is evident that it is unlike the style | | | | Community College paper, writes for two ASU |
| of any other author. As the young daughters of the | | | | publications, and is working on a fiction novel. |
| pastor are exposed to the traditions and lifestyle of | | | | |