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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... leaned into her seat. She accepted another cigarette from Paul and let him light it. She stroked her dog, her affection absentminded—second nature, guessed Paul. “Leave aside the deserving man? For a big old house in the country. I'd ...
... leaned into her seat. She accepted another cigarette from Paul and let him light it. She stroked her dog, her affection absentminded—second nature, guessed Paul. “Leave aside the deserving man? For a big old house in the country. I'd ...
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... leaned down to thank him. Patient and coaxing, she wrapped her long arms around Marcus and eased him down onto his feet. “RALLY UP, CREW. Refreshments around the bend,” calls Jack, dismounting from his donkey. He beckons energetically ...
... leaned down to thank him. Patient and coaxing, she wrapped her long arms around Marcus and eased him down onto his feet. “RALLY UP, CREW. Refreshments around the bend,” calls Jack, dismounting from his donkey. He beckons energetically ...
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... leaned out his window and howled right back. Maureen giggled. “Got to speak their language,” he said. “I know about that,” she answered. Sitting behind her, Paul saw a tendon distend at the side of her neck: pride and irritation. “Oh ...
... leaned out his window and howled right back. Maureen giggled. “Got to speak their language,” he said. “I know about that,” she answered. Sitting behind her, Paul saw a tendon distend at the side of her neck: pride and irritation. “Oh ...
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... leaned toward Paul. “That's 'Gone Away,' what he just played. It's when the hounds have caught the line and taken off full tilt.” “How do you know that?” Paul said. She shrugged. “Grow up in the country, you learn a few things.” BY THE ...
... leaned toward Paul. “That's 'Gone Away,' what he just played. It's when the hounds have caught the line and taken off full tilt.” “How do you know that?” Paul said. She shrugged. “Grow up in the country, you learn a few things.” BY THE ...
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