{"id":13573,"date":"2011-10-28T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=13573"},"modified":"2011-10-20T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T15:19:14","slug":"state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Wonder by Ann Patchett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn710899656&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13680\" title=\"State of Wonder 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/State-of-Wonder-2.jpg?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/State-of-Wonder-2.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/State-of-Wonder-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Ann Patchett&#8217;s latest novel, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn710899656&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\">State of Wonder<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, takes the reader deep into the heart of the\u00a0Brazilian jungle.\u00a0 Dr. Mariana Singh, who conducts research for a pharmaceutical company in Minneapolis, has just been informed that her co-worker, Dr. Anders Eckman, has died of a mysterious fever in the Amazon.\u00a0\u00a0At the time, Dr. Eckman\u00a0was attempting to find the pharmaceutical company&#8217;s\u00a0top research scientist, Dr. Annick Swenson, who has ceased all contact with the CEO of the company.\u00a0\u00a0Dr. Singh has been\u00a0recruited\u00a0to travel to South America in order to find out more about Dr. Eckman&#8217;s death and to make contact with\u00a0Dr. Swenson about the status of her research, which may culminate in a lucrative new drug for the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0After a long trip\u00a0to Brazil, Dr. Singh learns more about\u00a0Dr. Swenson&#8217;s\u00a0remarkable research and its ethical connotations.\u00a0 While trying to process what Dr. Swenson has uncovered and the worldwide implications of her findings, Dr. Singh learns the truth about what has happened to her colleague, Dr. Eckman.\u00a0<em><strong>State of Wonder<\/strong><\/em> is full of adventure, scientific breakthroughs, ethical dilemmas and coming to terms with the triumphs and mistakes of the past.\u00a0\u00a0 Actress Hope Davis\u00a0reads the audiobook and does a superb job of narrating this complex story.<\/p>\n<p>On a side note &#8211; about 12 years ago I heard\u00a0Patchett read from her book &#8220;The Magician&#8217;s Assistant&#8221; in Nashville, Tennessee.\u00a0 Although the book sounded fascinating, I never got around to reading it.\u00a0 After listening to this audiobook,\u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to go back and listen to &#8220;The Magician&#8217;s Assistant.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann Patchett&#8217;s latest novel, State of Wonder, takes the reader deep into the heart of the\u00a0Brazilian jungle.\u00a0 Dr. Mariana Singh, who conducts research for a pharmaceutical company in Minneapolis, has just been informed that her co-worker, Dr. Anders Eckman, has died of a mysterious fever in the Amazon.\u00a0\u00a0At the time,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[361,8],"tags":[475,1758,1757,1477,1759,1760],"class_list":["post-13573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-staff-picks","tag-adventure","tag-amazon-river","tag-ethical-decisions","tag-literary-fiction","tag-medical-research","tag-womens-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-3wV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13573"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13675,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13573\/revisions\/13675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}