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Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers.

Summary:
"A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain. . . . With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son's ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers's most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393881141
  • ISBN: 0393881148
  • Physical Description: 278 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, ©2021.
Subject: Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Bereavement > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Problem children > Behavior modification > Fiction.
Endangered species > Fiction.
Astrobiologists > Fiction.
Exobiology > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Neurofeedback > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 64 of 67 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 5 of 5 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 67 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library FIC POWERS, RICHARD (Text) 36446002049594 Adult Fiction Available -
Lehighton Area Memorial Library F POW (Text) 30445100177923 Adult Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC POW (Text) 33400001527269 Adult Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library F POW (Text) 34422007226026 Adult Fiction Available -
Whitehall Township Public Library F POWERS, RICHARD (Text) 36305002948538 Adult Fiction Available -


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