Three Junes: A novelNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An astonishing 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 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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... asked for two months' grace. He had a compromise in mind. He was thinking of the long meadow on the opposite side of their property, the one beyond the burn. It belonged to Colin Swift, the man who had recently bought Conkers and the ...
... asked for two months' grace. He had a compromise in mind. He was thinking of the long meadow on the opposite side of their property, the one beyond the burn. It belonged to Colin Swift, the man who had recently bought Conkers and the ...
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... asked if the boy's name was Malcolm (perhaps Paul could address him that way). “Malachy. But God, no one ever calls him that.” They had taken the collies out for a run in the field across the burn. It was Maureen's first overnight in ...
... asked if the boy's name was Malcolm (perhaps Paul could address him that way). “Malachy. But God, no one ever calls him that.” They had taken the collies out for a run in the field across the burn. It was Maureen's first overnight in ...
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... . Jack, who seemed to use teasing as a way of forcing acquaintance with people he liked (and it worked), had asked how an obviously attractive, apparently independent chap like Paul could wind up alone on a guided tour. “Not.
... . Jack, who seemed to use teasing as a way of forcing acquaintance with people he liked (and it worked), had asked how an obviously attractive, apparently independent chap like Paul could wind up alone on a guided tour. “Not.
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... asking for reassurance she shouldn't need. She isn't much like Maureen after all. The tree is drawn gracefully yet somewhat timidly. “I feel as if I can see the wind,” says Paul. “In the tension of the branches.” But already she's ...
... asking for reassurance she shouldn't need. She isn't much like Maureen after all. The tree is drawn gracefully yet somewhat timidly. “I feel as if I can see the wind,” says Paul. “In the tension of the branches.” But already she's ...
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... asked Maureen for a pail of water. While the horse drank, he inquired about the collies, who had lined up along their fence to watch him. “I'm buying a flock of Shrops in the autumn. Just twenty head to begin,” he said. “Would you have ...
... asked Maureen for a pail of water. While the horse drank, he inquired about the collies, who had lined up along their fence to watch him. “I'm buying a flock of Shrops in the autumn. Just twenty head to begin,” he said. “Would you have ...
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