Patchett, Ann. <br/><br/>
State of wonder / 
Ann Patchett. 
 - First edition 
 - London :  Bloomsbury,  c2011. 
 - 353 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. A curt telegram reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Now Marina Singh, Anders's colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope. Marina leaves the snowy plains of Minnesota and retraces her friend's perilous steps into the heart of the South American darkness, determined to track down Dr. Swenson and uncover the secrets being jealously guarded among the remotest tribes of the rainforest. What Marina does not yet know is thatshe will face horrors beyond her wildest imagination, and will be forced to make impossible decisions with consequences more wide-ranging than she could ever foresee. 
<br/><br/> A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781408818596 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientists--Fiction.<br/>Medicine--Research--Fiction.<br/>Jungles--Amazon River Region--Fiction.<br/>Women scientists--Fiction.<br/>Primitive societies--Fiction.<br/>Medicine Research Fiction.<br/>Jungles Amazon River Region Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Detective and mystery fiction.<br/>Action and adventure fiction.