| Authors: |
Patchett, Ann.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Scientists -- Fiction.
Medicine -- Research -- Fiction.
Jungles -- Amazon River Region -- Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Harper, c2011. |
| Description: |
353 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780062049803 (hbk.) 0062049801 (hbk.) |
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| Tags |
book, amazon, books, for, of, state, wonder, 2011, 3 sterren (knack focus), 4 sterren (standaard der letteren), best, fiction, future, joann, list, med, new, novel, npr, recommended, school, science, shelf, soon, summer, x |
| Rating: |
3 out of 5: It was okay |
| Community reviews |
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Vivid depiction of the Amazon by TCLibraries |
| Vivid depiction of Amazon and its monstrous bugs (making me never want to go there). A shocking ending involves a beloved character and raises more questions than it resolves. |
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| Summary: |
A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past. |