Literary Fiction · WarmThree narrators and three Junes: a widower in Greece, a bookseller in New York, and a pregnant woman
Three Junes
by Julia Glass
A widower travels to Greece after his wife's death, and his sons' lives go on
Paul McLeod's wife, Maureen, has died of lung cancer, and he travels to Greece to recover. There he meets Fern, an unmarried pregnant woman. In New York, his son Fenno runs a bookstore and is close to a friend named Malachy. The novel is told in three parts, each narrated in turn by Paul, Fenno and Fern, and it is set in the years 1989, 1995 and 1999.
More about this book
Who
Paul McLeod, his sons Fenno and the twins David and Dennis, and a pregnant woman named Fern.
World
Greece and New York City, and a Scottish family, in 1989, 1995 and 1999.
What makes it different
The three parts have three different narrators. Glass has said it should be read as a triptych, not a trilogy, since small details in one part matter in another. It is her debut.
Feel
Warm and humane. It won the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Three JunesWikipedia