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Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers.

by Powers, Richard, 1957-

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Random House Canada, 2021.

Widowers -- Fiction.

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Problem children -- Behavior modification -- Fiction.

9781039000704 (hc.)

278 p. ; 24 cm.

"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..."--Publisher.

Domestic fiction.

Literary fiction.

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