Finished Tu 9/18/12
Contemporary Book Club pick for September 2012
Marina Sing- Doctor at Vogel Company, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Father was Indian. Has a complex about him leaving her-he did. In an affair with Jim Fox, head of Vogel.
Anders Eckman- Missing in Amazon and was sent to find out the status of the work on a drug to keep women fertile for life. He is married to Karen, and has three young boys. Worked in the same lab with Marina for seven years, and probably makes a bit more in salary than she does.
Dr. Swenson- Head of the study in the Amazon and professor at Johns Hopkins. Marina was an advanced student of hers, and left the program when she preformed a Cesarean, and blinded the child. Dr. Swenson was in love with Dr. Rapp, the original head of the expedition.
Chapter 9, p. 253 The discussion of how the tree and the mushrooms work.
Jackie and Barbara Bovender- Live in Manaus and are supposed to keep out inquisitive people into the expedition.
Manaus- nearest town to the Lakashi.
The Saturns- Dr. Alan and Dr. Nancy. Nancy is sometimes referred to as 'Saturn Two'. Two doctors on the expedition.
Easter- twelve year old boy who is deaf and probably from the headhunter tribe who live near the Lakashi tribe.
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