Both are:
- Set in the 1950s or early 1960s
- Feature an American preacher and his large family
- Prizewinning, acclaimed books
The Poisonwood Bible has an evil, bigotted missionary, shattering the lives of wife, dysfunctional children, and society around him. This, it seems to me, is the default view of Christian ministers in modern thought.
Home and Gilead are more ambitious, and more startlingly fresh. They trace the puzzles and struggles and imponderables faced by good people, people who love and are loved -- funnily enough, a lot nearer 'truth' than the mad bully of Poisonwood.
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Just read the review of Home in Books & Culture (Christianity Today). Gushing, but makes me want to read it. The review is a literary work in its own right.
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