Bewilderment : a novel
Powers, Richard (, 1957-)
Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers - 1st paperback edition - New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2022 - 278 p. ; 21 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.
English
9781324036142
Fathers and sons----Fiction
Bereavement---Fiction
Problem children---Behavior modification---Fiction
Endangered species---Fiction
Death----Fiction
Astrobiologists---Fiction
TT897.2 / .M67 1998
FIC POW
Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers - 1st paperback edition - New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2022 - 278 p. ; 21 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.
English
9781324036142
Fathers and sons----Fiction
Bereavement---Fiction
Problem children---Behavior modification---Fiction
Endangered species---Fiction
Death----Fiction
Astrobiologists---Fiction
TT897.2 / .M67 1998
FIC POW
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