State of Wonder

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English language

Published Oct. 8, 2011

ISBN:
978-0-06-204980-3
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5 stars (2 reviews)

State of Wonder is a 2011 novel by American author Ann Patchett. It is the story of pharmacologist Marina Singh, who journeys to Brazil to bring back information about seemingly miraculous drug research being conducted there by her former teacher, Dr. Annick Swenson. The book was published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and by Harper in the United States. It was critically well received, and was nominated for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction, among other nominations.

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4 stars

wonderful book. interesting, and different, and - at the end - suddenly turning into a romance. plus an ending to bring you to tears with happiness...
the author has a few themes that are repeated subtly: one is about gender inequality, and the other is the idea of 'owning' our children - such a weird stance in a book about elongating a woman's fertility in order to postpone procreation. or maybe that's the point - the desire to deprioritize the child-rearing phase in order to acheive x,y and z. (wo)man is a fickle beast. i most definitely want to read more from her.