Three Junes

353 pages

English language

Published Nov. 24, 2003 by Anchor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-375-42144-0
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OCLC Number:
473120585

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Three Junes

5 stars

(Read in 2023) Excellent novel, beautifully written. There's plenty of humor, but the book may leave you feeling a bit blue due to its focus on mortality, troubled marriages, infidelity, self-doubt, sadness, strained familial relationships, and other life disappointments. I was thankful that, in the end, the characters found some hope as well. Enjoyable audiobook narration by John Keating.

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5 stars

Three Junes, by Julia Glass, has been hanging around on my bookshelves for quite some time. Yes, that's shelves, plural, since it's been around for at least two rearrangements. Glass won the 2002 National Book Award for this novel, and surprise-surprise, I loved it. The Junes in the title refer to three different months, different times in the life of the McCleod family, but it's not exactly chronological--there are many flashbacks woven throughout the book, which is perfectly paced. The father is Paul McCleod, who hails from a well-heeled Scottish family, and he runs the newspaper his father founded. His wife, Maureen, breeds and trains collies, and together, they have three sons: Fenno, followed by the twins Dennis and David.

The book opens as Paul is taking a guided tour of the Greek Islands after he has been widowed, which gives him ample time to reflect on his past life …

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Subjects

  • Scots
  • Fathers and sons
  • Gay men
  • Fiction

Places

  • United States
  • Scotland
  • Long Island (N.Y.)