{"product_id":"state-of-wonder","title":"State of Wonder","description":"A New\nYork Times Bestseller; Orange Prize nominee; a Time Magazine’s Best Books of the Year; a Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Top Ten Best Books; and a Wellcome Trust Book\nPrize nominee.\n“Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”―New\nYork Times Book Review\n\nAward-winning, New York Times bestselling\nauthor Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality\nand miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest.\n\nMarina Singh is a research scientist at Vogel,\na pharmaceutical institute in Minnesota, and inconveniently in love with her\nboss, Mr. Fox. When one of her colleagues is reported to have died while\nfollowing up on the progress of a field team based in Brazil, Marina is\ndispatched by Mr. Fox to the Amazon to uncover the truth of his death. And\nhis widow wants his effects. She travels to Manaus, then down into the\nAmazonian delta, deep into the dense, dark, insect-infested jungle. The\nresearch team is looking into the development of a new miracle drug that\ncould revolutionize Western society. A local tribe has the bark of a certain\ntree, it yields a substance which allows them to conceive late into middle\nage: many of the women are getting pregnant into their sixties and seventies.\nThe problem is that the team is taking too long: they have been silent for\ntwo years, and Marina has been tasked to find out what is holding back their\nprogress. The second problem is more serious: the team is being headed up by\nthe daunting figure of Annick Swenson, an eminent and fiercely uncompromising\nscientist who was once Marina’s colleague, and towards whom Marina has very\ncomplicated feelings. What Marina learns will change her life. In a novel\nthat is packed with amazing twists and surprises, Ann Patchett returns with\nimmense confidence to a broad canvas, teeming with atmosphere and characters\nand rich with narrative. Remarkable events--fights with anacondas;\nencounters with cannibals; deaths; re-births--and profound moral decisions\ncome together in a novel that will enthrall her many readers and fans and is\nguaranteed to be a major bestseller.\n\nInfusing the narrative with the\nsame ingenuity and emotional urgency that pervaded her acclaimed previous\nnovels Bel Canto, Taft, Run, The\nMagician’s Assistant, and The Patron Saint of Liars, Patchett\ndelivers an enthralling, innovative tale of aspiration, exploration, and\nattachment in State of Wonder―a gripping adventure story and a\nprofound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and\nlove.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062049801\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0062049801.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Patchett, Ann\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46693051039921,"sku":"RDV.0062049801.G","price":6.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0062049801-0.jpg?v=1772732557","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/state-of-wonder","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}