OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZEA heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1New York Timesand internationally bestselling author ofThe Overstory.Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 byNew York, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New StatesmenandTimes of LondonThe astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while singlehandedly raising his unusual nine-year-old son, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures of the endangered animals he loves. He is also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face.What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his troubled son is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy...