Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Fiction Pick of the Week: State of Wonder

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 2011

Patchett (Bel Canto) has the habit of dropping ordinary characters into extraordinary circumstances. With State of Wonder she has done just that. Minnesota pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Marina Singh has been sent into the most remote region of the Amazon jungle to track down her former mentor. Marina’s former lab partner Anders Eckman has already walked this path before her, never to have been heard from again. This is both a grueling physical, and more importantly, a complex psychological journey for Marina. Will she find Dr. Annick Swenson and if she does, what will she discover? I highly recommend this imaginative, thought provoking novel.

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