Swenson, but Anders, a jungle novice, contracted a fever in the Amazon and presumably died. Fox sent one employee, Anders Eckman, to seek out Dr. Meanwhile, Vogel continues to spend a ton of money supporting the effort.ĭr. Fox, is eager to receive an update about Swenson's research, but she is out of touch in the Amazon, and it has been 26 months since she last communicated with Vogel. Swenson's goal is to find out the secret of their fertility and develop a drug for Vogel, the pharmaceutical company sponsoring her research. Swenson, a medical professor specializing in reproductive endocrinology, has gone to the Amazon to live with the Lakashi - a tribe of indigenous people where the women can continue bearing children throughout their lives (this is not necessarily an advantage). The book begins at a slow pace but, as Janet Maslin notes in her New York Times review, the story catches fire when the narrator, Marina Singh, meets up with Annicka Swenson, the mythic professor of Marina's past.ĭr.
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