State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett. “This started a little slow but then I was hooked and couldn't put it down. She writes great stories. I have thought of it several times since I finished which is a sign of a book I enjoyed immensely.” “Although I did not like it as much as Bel Canto, one of my favorite books, it’s about a woman whose employer sends her to the Amazon to deal with the death of a colleague and to monitor the development of an experimental drug. Having only spent a few days in the Amazon myself, I thought the descriptions of the jungle and its inhabitants were interesting.” And: “The characters and setting of this novel were haunting,compelling and beautiful. A completely engrossing novel.”
