
Richard Powers’ Bewilderment ask the question, how do we tell children the truth about our beautiful but damaged planet. The main character Theo Byrne is a young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets. He is also the father to Robin, an unusual nine-year-old who thinks and feels deeply but is a risk of being expelled from school after hitting a friend. What can Theo do when the only solution to his son’s behaviour is drugs. What can he do, other than taking the boy to other planets with his work, when Robin asks for an explanation of a world that loves its own destruction.