Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Powers, Richard, 1957- author Title: Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers. Publisher, Date: Toronto, Ontario : Random House Canada, [2021] New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] Toronto, Ontario : Vintage Canada, 2022. ©2021 Description: 278 pages ; 24 cm 278 pages ; 21 cm Summary: 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... Subjects: Widowers -- Fiction Bereavement -- Fiction Exobiology -- Fiction. Life on other planets -- Fiction. Fathers and sons -- Fiction. Single fathers -- Fiction. Behavior disorders in children -- Fiction. Problem children -- Behavior modification -- Fiction Genre: Psychological fiction. Science fiction. Notes: Oprah's Book Club 2021. Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. ISBN: 9781039000704 (hardcover) 9780393881141 (hardcover) 9781039000728 (softcover) System Availability: 51 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 51 Control Number: 1884914 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 50 # System items in: 50 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1