In conjunction with Point Reyes Books and Diesel, a Bookstore, we present Richard Powers, who will discuss Bewilderment his highly anticipated follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize winning The Overstory.
This event will be streamed on the Point Reyes Books Crowdcast channel.

Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bewilderment/register

Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
Bewilderment is a heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New Statesman, and Times of London

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…

With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a Vroman’s Live event. We have partnered with Point Reyes Books and Diesel, a Bookstore for this virtual event to be held via Crowdcast hosted by Point Reyes Books.