01664cam a2200337 i 4500 515715081 TxAuBib 20211008120000.0 210225s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021008991 9780393881141 hbk. 0393881148 hbk. (OCoLC)1266386754 TxAuBib rda Powers, Richard. Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers. First edition. New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] 278 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"--Provided by publisher. 20211008. Fathers and sons Fiction. Bereavement Fiction. Widowers Fiction. Endangered species Fiction. Problem children Behavior modification Fiction. Exobiology Fiction.