State of wonder : a novel [sound recording]
/ Ann Patchett
- [New York] : HarperAudio , p2011
- 11 sound discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Unabridged. Compact disc.
Performed by Hope Davis. Performed by Hope Davis.
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.
9780062072474
2010029229
Scientists---Fiction Medicine----Research----Fiction Jungles----Amazon River region----Fiction