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Three Junes
Julia Glass. Anchor: 2003 (paperback). ISBN: 0385721420. 353 pages.
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Why did the National Book Award Fiction judges choose this novel as the very best of 2002? We'll let them speak for themselves: "Word alchemist Julia Glass weaves gold into straw into gold again in this novel that proves to us that neither ancient privileges nor modern passions absolve us from the regrets, losses, comforts, and ineffable joys of family love. Perhaps not since E.M. Forster have we been led down the ladder of generations with such simple majesty. Our only longing on finishing Three Junes is that we do not have four, because Julia Glass's steady hand at our backs is an uncommon pleasure."
We're guessing that first-time novelist Glass is pretty happy with this praise, and she deserves to be since this novel is making readers pretty happy all over the world. Each of the three Junes in question (1989, 1995, and 1999) chronicles an era in the life of a member from an internationally expanding Scottish family, yielding an unforgettable portrait of the mysterious forces, chances, and dynamics that transform one generation's choices into the challenges of the next. These characters will stay with you long after you've given the book to another beloved but bewildering member of your family. As seen on Ellen on Seven and featured in LATELIES.
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