RaveThe New York Times...a triptych whose plot unfolds over the course of three Junes (in 1989, 1995 and 1999) … Among the novel's successes is the elegance with which Glass splices an account of Fenno's New York life in between the goings-on in Scotland. In the American passages, the main attraction is a marvelously drawn character named Malachy Burns, a music critic for The New York Times...The dying critic displays a delicious blend of blasphemy and wit … Glass has also filled her novel with set pieces on a range of subjects, from collie breeding to the culinary arts, which form a backdrop for the McLeods' dreams and disappointments … Masterfully, Three Junes shows how love follows a circuitous path, how its messengers come to wear disguises. Julia Glass has written a generous book about family expectations – but also about happiness, luck and, as she puts it, the ‘grandiosity of genes.’
