Swenson has also made herself a test subject and is now pregnant. Further, Marina struggles with the ethical and moral questions that arise from doing research on native cultures. She is using funding from Vogel to finance her drug, unbeknown to Vogel executives. Swenson, now in her seventies, is working not only on a fertility drug that can reactivate the woman's menstruation and eggs after menopause, allowing them to have children late in life, but also on a drug made from the same compounds that can inoculate against malaria. Once in the jungle, Marina finds that things are never as they appear.

After the accident that occurred while Marina was in residency under Swenson, Marina abandoned her major. Marina, formerly a student of Swenson's, agrees but reluctantly, as she and Swenson have not spoken since an accident. Fox, ask that she travel to Brazil to check both on what happened and on the research grant of Dr. His wife, Karen, and Marina's boss and lover, Mr. Her coworker, send months ago into the Brazilian jungle to check on a research project, is reported as being deceased. Marina is a doctor, working as a pharmacologist in a lab for Vogel in Minnesota. 'State of Wonder' is the story of a woman, Marina Singh, on a journey to find a coworker, who through her efforts manages to find herself as well. However, Marina finds instead a puzzle in ethics, morality, and humanity that forces her to rethink her own positions in life and asks readers to do the same. Marina Singh, a doctor, is sent into the Amazon jungle to investigate the death of her coworker, and to check the progress of an ongoing research study, conducted by a mentor of hers, Dr. 'State of Wonder' is an imaginative tale of mystery, morals, ethics, and the delicate balance that can exist within the world, both within a single ecosystem and within ourselves.

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