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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Bewilderment by Richard Powers

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Also by Richard Powers:

Bewilderment, October 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Orfeo, January 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Generosity, October 2009
Hardcover
The Echo Maker, October 2006
Hardcover

Bewilderment
Richard Powers

W. W. Norton & Company
October 2021
On Sale: September 21, 2021
288 pages
ISBN: 0393881148
EAN: 9780393881141
Kindle: B08S6PR4Q2
Hardcover / e-Book
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Literature and Fiction Literary

Picked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday Times
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Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade, for smashing his friend's face with a metal thermos.

What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his rare and troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy comes to him wanting an explanation for a world that is clearly in love with its own destruction? The only thing for it is to take the boy to other planets, while all the while fostering his son's desperate campaign to help save this one.

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