by Ann Beattie (Author)
In this assured and unsettling novel, the author of Picturing Will traces the faltering orbits of the members of one family and the people around them. "Impressive. . . . Nothing Ann Beattie has written could prepare us for (this) novel. Beattie (is) a prodigiously gifted writer".--The New York Times Book Review.
Front Jacket
An unsettling novel that traces the faltering orbits of the members of one family from a hidden love triangle to the ten-year-old son whose problem may pull everyone down.
Back Jacket
In this assured and unsettling novel, Ann Beattie traces the faltering orbits of the members of one family and the people around them.
Author Biography
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.