The Popular Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Tuesday, April 26, 7 PM and discuss "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett.
Marina Singh is a research scientist at Vogel, a pharmaceutical institute in Minnesota, and inconveniently in love with her boss, Mr. Fox. 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. Fox to the Amazon to uncover the truth of his death. And his widow wants his effects.
She travels to Manaus, then down into the Amazonian delta, deep into the dense, dark, insect-infested jungle. The research team is looking into the development of a new miracle drug that could revolutionize Western society. 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.
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13326445
E-audio: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11587573
Hardcover copies are available upon request.
New registrations: 860-567-7440 or https://morrispubliclibrary.net/library-calendar-event.../
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