State of Wonder (Paperback)

State of Wonder Book Description

Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to the Amazon to find her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared while working on a new drug. No one knows where Dr. Swenson is, and the last person sent to find her died before completing his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey in hopes of finding answers.

Now in her seventies, the uncompromising Dr. Swenson dominates her research team and the natives with the force of an imperial ruler. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer, the greatest sacrifices are those Dr. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina, who finds she is still unable to live up to her teacher's expectations.

Replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, and cannibals, "State of Wonder" is a tale that leads you into the very heart of darkness, and then shows what lies on the other side.

About the Author :

Ann Patchett has contributed to State of Wonder as an author. Ann Patchett is the author of five novels, including "Bel Canto" (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize), and the bestselling nonfiction book, "Truth & Beauty". She has written for "The Atlantic", "Harper's, Gourmet", the "New York Times Magazine", "Vogue", and the "Washington Post". She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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