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An astrobiologist struggles to raise his unusual young son in the wake of his wife's untimely death when he hears of an experimental treatment that could change the course of the young boy's life. Searing and heartrending, guaranteed to break you and put you back together again, this latest novel from Powers seamlessly blends science, emotion and philosophy in a way that only he can. -- Juliana Rose Pignataro, 20 New Books to Cozy up With This Fall - Newsweek Following 2019's hefty, many-tendriled, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Overstory, Powers' new novel is more intimate, following a biologist mourning his wife while raising a violence-prone son with special needs. But Powers' long-standing themes endure: neglect of the earth, technology's consequences and the mysterious connections between humanism and science. -- The 30 books we're most anticipating this fall - Los Angeles Times

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Richard Powers is the author of fourteen novels, including The Overstory, Bewilderment, and Orfeo. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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