Author 1 Ann Patchett Book Description Infusing the narrative with the same ingenuity and emotional urgency that pervaded her acclaimed previous novels Bel Canto, Taft, Run, The Magician's Assistant, and The Patron Saint of Liars, Patchett delivers an enthrallingly innovative tale of aspiration, exploration, and attachment in State of Wonder--a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love. Editorial Review "The large canvas of sweeping moral issues, both personal and global, comes to life through careful attention to details, however seemingly mundane--from ill-fitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another woman's hair.'--O, the Oprah Magazine 'Emotionally lucid. . . . Patchett is at her lyrical best when she catalogues the jungle.'--The New Yorker 'Packs a textbook's worth of ethical conundrums into a smart and tidily delivered story. . . . Ms. Patchett presents an alluring interplay between civilization and wilderness, between aid and exploitation.'--Wall Street Journal 'An engaging, consummately told tale.'--New York Times 'This is surely the smartest, most exciting novel of the summer.'--Washington Post 'Extraordinary. . . . Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? . . . Patchett's last knockout pages proceed full-speed ahead, with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River. Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying.'--Boston Globe 'The Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously.... The book is serious, but also so pleasurable that you hope it won't end.'--NPR 'Outlandishly entertaining...[with] a brilliantly constructed plot.'--Elle 'Patchett makes the jungle jump off the page...This is Patchett's best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and, yes, that includes Bel Canto'--Shelf Awareness 'A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures--even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto.'--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" ISBN-13 9780062049810 Language English Number of Pages 353 Publication Date 8-May-12