"A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. 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…
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Editions
14 editions · 4 languages
Hardcover · English · 2021
W. W. Norton & Company · 304 pages · 9780393881141
Paperback · English · 2021
RANDOM HOUSE UK · 278 pages · 9781785152641
Other · English · 2022
Penguin Random House · 9781529115253
Other · English · 2022
Cengage Gale · 9781432897796
Other · English · 2022
Norton & Company Limited, W. W. · 9781324036142
Other · English · 2021
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 9780393881158
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