![]() The problem is that the team is taking too long: they have been silent for two years, and Marina has been tasked to find out what is holding back their progress. A local tribe has the bark of a certain tree, it yields a substance which allows them to conceive late into middle age: many of the women are getting pregnant into their 60s and 70s. The research team is looking into the development of a new miracle drug that could revolutionize Western society. ![]() She travels to Manaus, then down into the Amazonian delta, deep into the dense, dark, insect-infested jungle. Fox to the Amazon to uncover the truth of his death. When one of her colleagues is reported to have died while following up on the progress of a field team based in Brazil, Marina is dispatched by Mr. Marina Singh is a research scientist at Vogel, a pharmaceutical institute in Minnesota, and inconveniently in love with her boss, Mr. “Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.” ( New York Times Book Review )Īward-winning, New York Times best-selling author Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. A Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Top Ten Best Books ![]()
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