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Picturing Will

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Picturing Will, the widely acclaimed 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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Random House

Release: January 03, 1990

ISBN: 0394569873

ISBN 13: 9780394569871

Picturing Will

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Picturing Will, the widely acclaimed 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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Random House

Release: January 03, 1990

ISBN: 0394569873

ISBN 13: 9780394569871

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