Teri B. (teriboop) reviewed on 1/6/2006 + 8 more book reviews

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Julia Glass' debut novel Three Junes just did not hold my attention throughout. A sad but hopeful story of three time periods of Fenno McCleod's life that take place in the month of June. Ms. Glass did an excellent job of weaving flashbacks with current time, but the overall theme was at times depressing and stagnant. We see Fenno (and family) from his father's point of view during the first June, then we see Fenno's life from his own point of view in the second June and finally from a friend in the third June. The ending fell flat to me and did not tie in that Fern (the friend) was actually a person of interest during the first June. This book was a good look at gay life during a critical time of the AIDS epedemic.

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