![]() ![]() It is an interesting concept and a thrilling journey, one of the most moving and real parts for me being an encounter with an anaconda that almost had fatal consequences. ![]() ![]() Marina is asked to follow-up and becomes drawn into the alternative universe of life in the Amazon jungle. This rebellious, unorthodox researcher and her unique way of working has been tolerated by the company, until a letter arrives informing the CEO Mr Fox of the death of a staff member he sent to report back. Coincidentally, one of her female professors Dr Swenson also works for Vogel and is acting solo, outside her jurisdiction in the Amazon, observing a tribe whose unique development could have significant implications for the lives of women and humanity. Marina Singh is a doctor working for a pharmaceutical company since switching from obstetrics to pharmacology near the end of her studies. It made me laugh and weep and left me in a state of wonder This has just happened with Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder… Wondering what it was I missed that caused others, such as Joanna Trollope to say:Įvery so often – and that’s not, actually very often – I read something that makes me want to press fervently and evangelically onto everyone I meet. Ann Patchett’s novel, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction has left me pondering. ![]()
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