Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She is perhaps best known for her 2001 novel, Bel Canto, which won her the Orange Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award and brought her nationwide fame. Currently-lives in Nashville, TennesseeĪnn Patchett is an American author of both fiction and nonfiction.Awards-Guggenheim Fellowship PEN/Faulkner Award Orange Prize.Education-B.A., Sarah Lawrence College M.F.A., University of Iowa.It is a tale that leads the reader into the very heart of darkness, and then shows us what lies on the other side. State of Wonder is a world unto itself, where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer, the greatest sacrifices to be made are the ones Dr. Swenson is as imperious and uncompromising as ever. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Ann Patchett raises the bar with State of Wonder, a provocative and ambitious novel set deep in the Amazon jungle.
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