Ann Patchett's State of Wonder, a Book Review
The Amazon connection... I first stumbled upon Ann Patchett 's superbly written State of Wonder while listening to a book on tape titled "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert, in which Elizabeth herself describes the almost unbelievable connection between her story idea and Ann's book State of Wonder. It seemed like such a crazy coincidence I couldn't resist checking out Ann's State of Wonder myself and as it turns out I was hooked within the first few pages. Deeper and deeper we go... It is a fiction based piece with science and medicine tied into the premise set against the fascinating Amazon jungle where we are introduced into the world of pharmaceutical companies and the search for the next great "cure" drug. We first meet our main character Marina in Minnesota working at the Vogel company, though we eventually find ourselves wandering into the Amazon in search for answers over another employees mysterious death. As Marina wa