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State of Wonder
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SOLVED: Adult Fiction > SOLVED. Woman who journeys into a remote rain forest complete with aborigines and ends up discovering some health cure but there is a mystery/plot twist.... read between 2005-2009. [s]

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Karen | 3 comments I read this books between 2004-2009. I put all of the info I could remember in the topic section.


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Mai | 1280 comments Searching "novel" "rainforest" "tribe" "cure for" this book came up:
The Canopy by Angela Elwell Hunt. It was published in 2003. Not sure if all the details match but the general plot sounds similar to your description!

Deep in the lush and dangerous rain forests of Peru, Alexandra Pace and her team search determinedly for a cure for deadly diseases. One strain of the disease has already begun the process of ravaging Alexandra's own mind and body. Finding a cure is the only hope for her and for her daughter, who has almost certainly inherited the same disease.
Alex believes she is searching for a needle in a haystack until she meets Michael Kenway, a British doctor who lost his wife when "mad cow disease" ravaged Britain in the 1990's. He presents her with an incredible story--a patient suffering from the disease was cured by a mythical "healing tribe" living deep in the Amazon jungle. Reluctantly placing her faith in Michael, who is entirely too religious for her comfort, Alexandra and her team seek out an unreached indigenous group who may hold the cure not only for Alex, but also for the world.
Award-winning, best-selling author Angela Hunt combines the unique rainforest setting, modern science, and a thrilling race for a cure into a powerful message of faith and redemption.


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Karen | 3 comments Thank you.... this sounds very similar but somehow I don’t think this is it.... thanks for looking and thinking with me.


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Karen | 3 comments Hi! I figured it out! It’s State of Wonder by Ann Patchett


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Mai | 1280 comments Glad you found your book! State of Wonder by Ann Patchett for the link.


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