hmmm... book one, The Genesis

So, usually when I read books and find something I haven't heard of before and don't know anything about, I google it. Often I get really excited when I find something that can relate to in one way or another
(e.g. in this book, when the author mentions Communism and Nikita Khrushchev (Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв) or Pearl (Pearl Harbor) etc. more about them later...)
The same with "The Poisonwood Bible". It is a fiction, but it also has references to history and what actually happened in the world at that time.

In the first book "The Genesis", what caught my interest was, well the name itself - Genesis. The title of the book gives a hint that there might be something to do with religion or Christianity in the story and the author has brought it out really well.
The Genesis, or Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
Of course it is the first book in this novel, too. What is also great how she brings in the popular consumer good that people used back then or still use - Betty Crocker cake mixes, Anacin, Absorbine etc. She also bring out Piggly Wiggly (yeah, you probably grin over the name the name of it, I did, for sure, but stop! it's an actual place). It's  is a supermarket chain operating in the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States (something people up in north of the U.S could relate to Stop and Shop). 

Throughout the storu, there are lots of references to the Bible, but there are also others, like The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. I've heard of those names (Jekyll and Hyde) before, but I wasn't familiar with the story or what (more like who) the story was about. we learn something new every day... 
I read about the book from Adah's section, she also mentions Emily Dickinson (Dec 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amerhest, MA) 

Emily Dickinson

and Edgar Allan Poe (Jan. 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849, was an American author, poet) 

Edgar Allan Poe