Title: State of wonder
Description: As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle. Charged with finding her former mentor Dr. Annick Swenson, a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug, she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darkness.
Subjects: Medicine, Research, Scientists, Jungles, Fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2011-06-26, New York Times bestseller, Medicine in Literature, Drug Discovery, Women scientists, fiction, Fiction, medical, Brazil, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure