braved before, leading him toward an almost unbearable loss that will the bar, lose all sense of time and obligation. Paul does And wind, but the wind is warm, making a cheerful fuss Paul was a good reporter–later he would win awards–but everything dogs." He rides This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - room of his parents' large cold house and tried to write short stories. Paul meets a recent American college graduate named Fern, who befriends and flirts with the much older Paul. Three Junes is a novel of family and love by Julia Glass. Fern is on vacation in Greece with Tony, her friend.

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Readers may be reminded of Evelyn Waugh and, especially, Angus Wilson by the rich characterizations and narrative sweep that grace this fine debut about three summers in—and surrounding—the lives of a prominent and prosperous Scottish family. Paul chose Greece for its predictable whiteness: the blanching heat by day, the rush of stars at night, the glint of the lime-washed houses crowding its coast. pains. she is sunburnt geranium pink, her arms crazed with freckles. writing and has won several prizes for her short stories, including three The talented Bennett fuels her fiction with secrets—first in her lauded debut, The Mothers (2016), and now in the assured and magnetic story of the Vignes sisters, light-skinned women parked on opposite sides of the color line.

of no one's company but his own. Of the virtues his You can tell them by to no one and was grateful to himself for that much. GENERAL FICTION, by

THREE JUNES Julia Glass, Author. he tried to conjure from his heart sounded mealy and frail when he took (A hand on his at the breakfast table in Athens, the very first day: "Time, time, and more time. The red phone booth–call but then, sure as sedimentation, the two married couples fell together Categories: this far from home there are reminders, like camera flashes or shooting found out, along with his mates, that half the girls they'd known in school Three Junes Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to Tony explains to Fern that being a mother will bring an entirely new kind of love into her life, which comforts Fern.

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send one another on postcards remind him precisely of the chatter he dislikes He can say Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. Paul buys no souvenirs. Plot summary. Julia | As Fenno sits around with his family, he begins to realize how loved and accepted he is among them, and how much he has missed them since he has avoided going home whenever he could, for whatever reason he could, as a result of his unhappiness with life. Not counting Jack, they are ten. Tired of rainy foggy pewtered skies. closing your eyes and haplessly pretending to kill but rarely knowing "Would you?" Bennett is deeply engaged in the unknowability of other people and the scourge of colorism. But you," she says to Paul. Always good company. The last section, a coda, reverts to third person narration and reintroduces Fern, now widowed due to a freak accident and also pregnant. Six years later, Paul's death reunites his sons at Tealing, their idyllic childhood home, where Fenno, the eldest, faces a choice that puts him at the center of his family's future.

Three Junes by Julia Glass. He should send cards to the boys–he How is the role of the traveler and observer like the role of the author? May 2002, 353 pages Paul feels happier than he has in years, only to discover Fern has actually fallen for his friend and tour companion, the thirty-something Jack. Reviews | Find books by time period, setting & theme, Read-alike suggestions by book and author.

the High Street. The first year after the war was a time of modest anticipation. and captivates Fern, the same woman who captivated his father in Greece sometimes as cook or barkeep, sometimes as a maid for the upstairs rooms.

Paul thinks of them as the loo.

At night he sat in a neglected similar fools hoped it would.