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State of wonder a novel

Researcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of...

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Main Author: Patchett, Ann
Other Authors: Davis, Hope, 1967- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [New York] : HarperAudio, p2011.
Edition:Unabridged.
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Scientists > Fiction.
Medicine > Research > Fiction.
Jungles > Amazon River Region > Fiction.
Amazon River Region > Fiction.
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Summary:Researcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of her colleague's death, as well as find out why work has slowed to a crawl on the drug. That means dealing with Annick Swenson, a determined researcher who Marina has a complicated relationship with.
Item Description:Compact discs.
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Physical Description:11 sound discs (12 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9780062072474 :
0062072471 :
Author Notes:Ann Patchett was born on December 2, 1963. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her novel Bel Canto. Her other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, and State of Wonder. She has also written several nonfiction works including Truth and Beauty: A Friendship, The Getaway Car, The Bookshop Strikes Back, and This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

Ann's title's Commonweatlth and The Patron Saint of Liars made the New York Time bestseller list.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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