An astonishing first novel that traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises. In June of 1989 Paul McLeod, a newspaper publisher and recent widower, travels to Greece, where he falls for a young American artist and reflects on the complicated truth about his marriage. . ..Six years later, again in … later, again in June, Paul’s death draws his three grown sons and their families back to their ancestral home. Fenno, the eldest, a wry, introspective gay man, narrates the events of this unforeseen reunion. Far from his straitlaced expatriate life as a bookseller in Greenwich Village, Fenno is stunned by a series of revelations that threaten his carefully crafted defenses. . .. Four years farther on, in yet another June, a chance meeting on the Long Island shore brings Fenno together with Fern Olitsky, the artist who once captivated his father. Now pregnant, Fern must weigh her guilt about the past against her wishes for the future and decide what family means to her. In prose rich with compassion and wit, Three Junes paints a haunting portrait of love’s redemptive powers.
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With Love To The Community.Complicated/Beautifully Written.I Was Walking In NYC Within The Book…
Great story. Well written. Brlievable
This is a book to re-read every few years. Every moment, every character and every place is beautifully realized. Best of all you get to follow the characters in subsequent books.
I was undecided whether to give this book a 2 or a 3. It’s certainly well written and the characters are interesting, but there is a lot of repetition. The first two sections kept my interest, but the third section not so much. It rambled. and it left several important questions unanswered.
According to her biographical data, Ms. Glass was born …
I have not read anything by Julia Glass in the past – and frankly, I don’t recall how this novel (published in 2002) suddenly came on my radar screen. The structure is unusual – three long stories about related people with no story connecting the parts. It was surprising when I came to the end of the first story and a character I had bonded with …
This book rocked my world when I first read it. Obviously, it’s highly regarded critically… but I was bowled over by how approachable and vivid it was, how it achieved literary sophistication without being fussy. This is a story anyone can read. And her use of voice? Game changer. I’m waiting for the current round of voice elitists to retire so …
I’m not even sure how to describe this book that’s how different it is! I just loved it because it IS new and different. Very enjoyable read and I am a rabid bibliophile.
Overrated
I started to read this book and after a few chapters I had to stop, this book was so confusing a very hard to follow I finally gave up, which even if i don’t care for a book I at least finish it , I couldn’t even do that in this case
This book is well-constructed, telling the story from multiple characters POV at different times. I found it gave me great insight into being gay in the 1970s-80’s. I’ll read more of Julia Glass.
too confusing, too many time/scene changes for me to get caught up in story… i quit reading with no interest in characters or story
The characters in this book are breathtakingly real. This is a moving, engaging and meaningful addition to Glass’ seemingly endless arrangement of compelling and familiar characters.
This was a tedious book. I didn’t like it at all.
Engrossing novel of modern-day life. Glass is an excellent writer.
I couldn’t t get into the story.
First time I have read anything by the author. Just got two more. Loved her writing and her characters.
I don’t like to classify a book as a “tear-jerker” but it’s the only description above that speaks to some very poignant moments of friendship.
Not my normal kind of book. Wonderful characters. Slow to start but then reels you in.