Picturing Will (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ann Beattie
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1989
- Setting: Charlottesville, Virginia; New York City; and Florida
- Principal Characters: Jody, Will, Wayne, Mel Anthis, Mary Vickers, Wagoner, D. B. Haverford, Spencer, Corky
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Virginia, Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, New York City, Art or artists, Marriage, Alienation, 1980’s, New England, Child abuse, Rape, Fathers, Divorce, Connecticut, Florida, Photography or photographers
- Locales: Virginia, Connecticut, New York, Florida, Charlottesville, VA
When Picturing Will opens, Jody has established herself as a successful wedding photographer and is living comfortably as a single parent four or five years after her short, disastrous marriage to Wayne. Will, now beginning to create himself as an independent being, has been essential to her emotional survival. She is a loving and attentive mother, worried that she is too protective, aware that Will sometimes does not like her. She is also a standoffish lover, wary of committing herself to Mel, cognizant that by freely offering physical love yet not committing herself she makes...
[The entire page is 2580 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
