State of Wonder: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0054N6KCA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 539 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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An Extraordinary Book This is the second book I have read by Ann Patchett. (The first was "Commonwealth.") I sense a writer's "trick" in these two that she uses magnificently. In both books, we have perfectly ordinary people living perfectly ordinary lives. And then (insert the golden Plot Key and twist slightly) something happens that is not perfectly ordinary and changes their. "A very different story, but a must read" according to Mrs. Edythe Newman. The title fits the book as I was in a state of wonder as I read it. The story deals with science professors and doctors/pharmacologists giving up their lives at home to work on a fertility drug way out in the Amazon jungle. One doctor is missing and presumed dead from Malaria. Meanwhile another doctor, a woman named Marina is sent out there to find out what. If you can suspend disbelief, you will enjoy this book This was my first Ann Patchett book - an author that had been recommended to me by a few people. It started off a bit slow with too much dialogue and preamble before the book took off in an interesting direction. About half way through, I realised that I was quite enjoying this book and it almost became a page turner. The language was good, the characters i
Once found, Dr. State of Wonder is a world unto itself, where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Swenson is as imperious and uncompromising as ever. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the while working on an extremely valuable new drug. Ann Patchett raises the bar with State of Wonder, a provocative and ambitious nov