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The author depicts the mysterious twists of fate and coincidences that bring people together and the self-doubts and lack of communication that can keep them apart. This novel reads almost like a travelogue, full of detailed descriptions of three of my favorite places, Greece, Scotland, and Greenwich Village New York,---maybe thats way I enjoyed it so much! This book is written in three parts, each narrated with a different point of view, but nobody named "June!" Great for book clubs.

The story takes place over varied places (New York, Greece and Scotland) and involves
family members over time and much about the love and longings. Glass does a nice job
of engaging the reader I think. Enjoyable!

Probably the most boring book I've ever read.

While I enjoyed the book, I found it a slow read. It didn't keep me up at night turning pages as many books do. Still a worthwhile read.

The title gives the impression that this is a story about three women. It's not. I found it to be a painful story, mostly about one gay man and his lover who is dying of AIDS. We're also sorting out the troubled relationships of the family. Difficult to plow through.

I always fell asleep reading. SO BORING.

I read really good reviews and bought it, but man, I was missing wtv those people were experiencing

A good book, but slow reading at times.

Hard to believe this won a National Book Award. Reads like a pulpy romance novel. Writing is very flat and one-dimensional.

"A luminous first novel, set in Greece, Scotland, Greenwich Village, and Long Island, that traces the members of a Scottish family as the confront the joys and longinsg, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises." I couldn't have said it better.

Excellent character driven novel - National Book Award Winner, what more needs saying?

I wished it could go on and on!

Very engaging novel from a first rate novelist writing a first novel. Remarkable insights into human nature. Julia Glass shows an uncanny ability to understand and write from the perspective of her male characters. I loved it.

I had the privilege of hearing Julia Glass read from her new novel, A Whole World Over. Serendipitously, I was doing my usual walk to the library here in New Haven to exchange books, when I noticed I was just in time for this reading. I had seen the signs earlier and made some mental notes, but true to my Some-timers brain, I had forgotten. She read the first chapter and then answered questions of all types. She was delightful.

Most of the questions pertained to her first novel, Three Junes, which amazingly, for a first novel, won a national book award. The award apparently launched her career and changed her life. Apparently lots of people have awaited her new book, The Whole World Over. I fumbled away the opportunity to have a signed first edition as I didn't have sufficient cash in my pocket and they didn't take credit cards.

I thought the q&a was interesting as insight to her writerly life. For example:
-she writes using a computer
-she has no set routine or discipline
-while writing "Three Junes" she had no group of confidants reading her work and feeding back; the first person to read it was her agent
-she was ~45 when she wrote her first book
-she enjoys speaking through the voice of males (Three Junes uses multiple first person singular narrators)

She lives in Massachusetts near the ocean. She would rather have stayed in NYC, but real estate prices pushed her out. She was raised in NYC, in the village.

I had a tough time getting into this book. I know it got great reviews but I put it down about halfway through. Maybe I should give it another chance?

As a first novel by the author it was good enough to become a National Book Award finalist.
A fascinating story that follows members of a Scottish family (through their joys and griefs) from Scotland to Greece to NYC

This is a wonderful book - thoughtful, moving and beautifully written. I would highly recommend it - and I can't wait for her next offering!!

Really good book.

Interesting read. Talks about a life of a gay man.

Well deserving of the National Book Award. The novel tells of a family and their travails.

2002 National Book Award Winner in Fiction. A wide-ranging look at family life, set in Greece, Scotland, Greenwich Village and Long Island.

I absolutely loved this book; very poignant. Neat to view the same situations through the eyes of three very different individuals.