There really isn’t much of him with his kids after the beginning part. If that makes you feel better.

I HATED that part! His wife and daughter had been running fevers of 103 for something like five days before he started getting them help. At that point in the book, I thought it was going to be all about him and I wasn’t going to like it – but it got better when he stopped talking so much about himself personally and his own experiences. I couldn’t fathom how he could keep his children living in that place even after that experience, and the time that the Piraha tried to kill them all.

I’m not sure he’s a good enough writer to write a novel – what a mean thing to say! But it’s true. If only someone else could write his novel for him. 😛

Well, The Poisonwood Bible is far better written, and there’s a lot more in it about the conflict between the Price family’s beliefs and the beliefs of the Kilanga, than there is about the conflict in beliefs between the Everetts and the Piraha. Which makes Poisonwood Bible better for me because I love the exploration of that clash. But the Everett book explores the Piraha culture more thoroughly.

I think it’s interesting that his faith changed but his wife’s didn’t. She had been a missionary in Africa or someplace when she was a kid – I wonder if that’s what made the difference. A history from her childhood of shutting out the things that might make her change her faith.

I liked that anecdote because it seems familiar to me from my own life. I know that sometimes I get an idea that I can’t do something, and I stick to it even though I might find out different if I really tried. Like football – I used to think because I don’t PLAY sports that I wouldn’t enjoy WATCHING them either, and I turned up my nose at football for years before discovering I absolutely LOVE watching football. People aren’t that different. 🙂

Me too! Thank you much for the recommendation!