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This book unravels the complexities of a postmodern family. There's Will, a curious five year old; Jody, his mother; Mel, Jody's all too perfect lover; and Wayne, the father who left Will. Beattie shows us how these people attract and repel one another
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Ann Beattie has published eight novels and ten collections of stories, among them Chilly Scenes of Winter, Falling in Place, The Burning House, Love Always, Picturing Will, and Another You. She was the Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia (emerita). She is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine and Key West, Florida.
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The complexities of a postmodern family unravel in the story of Will, a 5-year-old who listens to plants through a toy stethoscope; his mother Jody and her lover, Mel; and Wayne, Will's bedhopping father.
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- PublisherRandom House, Inc.
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0679731946
- ISBN 13 9780679731948
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Picturing Will, the widely acclaimed new novel by Ann Beattie, unravels the complexities of a postmodern family. There's Will, a curious five-year-old who listens to the heartbeat of a plant through his toy stethoscope; Jody, his mother, a photographer poised on the threshold of celebrity; Mel, Jody's perfect -- perhaps too perfect -- lover; and Wayne, the father who left Will without warning and now sees his infrequent visits as a crimp in his bedhopping. Beattie shows us how these lives intersect, attract, and repel one another with dazzling shifts and moments of heartbreaking directness. Picturing Will, the widely acclaimed new novel by Ann Beattie, unravels the complexities of a postmodern family. There's Will, a curious five-year-old who listens to the heartbeat of a plant through his toy stethoscope; Jody, his mother, a photographer poised on the threshold of celebrity; Mel, Jody's perfect — perhaps too perfect — lover; and Wayne, the rather who left Will without warning and now sees his infrequent visits as a crimp in his bedhopping. Beattie shows us how these lives intersect, attract, and repel one another with dazzling shifts and moments of heartbreaking directness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780679731948
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