Ann Patchett

State of Wonder

Doctor searches for cure in South American jungle while confronting personal losses

About the author

Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is an American author whose Bel Canto won the PEN/Faulkner Award and Orange Prize and remains one of the most beloved American novels of recent decades. She is also the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, a prominent independent bookstore.

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