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Three Junes contains three interconnected stories, spanning a decade, covering a significant section of the globe, and each individual story bounces back and forth between the character's past and present. Oh, and deals with AIDS, cancer, infertility, infidelity, art, literature, cuisine, etc., all in the context of a Scottish family. In the hands of a poor writer, this could have been disjointed and disastrous, but Julia Glass pulls it off. She brings her characters to life and weaves all the times, places, and people together into a skillful work that I thoroughly enjoyed.
The central story in the novel is Fenno McLeod's, taking up over 200 out of 350 total pages. Fenno is an openly homosexual, Scottish expat living in New York. His story could have been a novel in and of itself, but the stories of his father, Paul, and a young woman, Fern, who is coincidentally connected to both of the McLeod men, adds greater dimension to the overall narrative. (It seems like a lot of readers dislike Fern's section, and I can see their points, but I did kind of like her and the convenient way her story wrapped up the novel.)
The central story in the novel is Fenno McLeod's, taking up over 200 out of 350 total pages. Fenno is an openly homosexual, Scottish expat living in New York. His story could have been a novel in and of itself, but the stories of his father, Paul, and a young woman, Fern, who is coincidentally connected to both of the McLeod men, adds greater dimension to the overall narrative. (It seems like a lot of readers dislike Fern's section, and I can see their points, but I did kind of like her and the convenient way her story wrapped up the novel.)
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