tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728395951944817348.post3599038102235231643..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.562-07:00Comments on Coreena McBurnie, Author: Book Review: State of Wonder by Ann PatchettAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04989197620565202133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728395951944817348.post-13181325714216920572012-05-23T19:25:50.380-07:002012-05-23T19:25:50.380-07:00State of Wonder begins in the snowy north, the pra...State of Wonder begins in the snowy north, the prairies of Minnesota are where Dr. Marina Singh (age 42) has grown up and lived most of her life. She has a successful research career pharmacology, although her original aspirations were towards obstetrics. She has a quiet relationship with her boss, and good friends at work. Until one of them disappears on a visit to a research site in the Amazon. Mr. Fox (Marina's boss), asks her to go there to "investiagte" the death of her associate, Dr. Anders and to check up on the ongoing research project being run by Dr. Swenson, an aging Svengali of the pharmaceutical research world.<br /><br />How to even begin to describe this book? Just read it. The imaginings of Ms. Patchett are quite impressive, and you will be as sucked into this one as I was! I just could not put it down! The ending?: let's just say it was cathartic. tears were streaming down my face. Maybe I'm a sucker but this one just clicked for me. There was a point where I saw the foreshadowing meant for the characters (and the reader, I suppose) that I sometimes miss and get called on at my book group for missing!) But in this case, it was just so perfect!Francehttp://rantofimitation.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com