June 2008 Book Club "Three Junes" by Julia Glass
We had a great turnout for the June book club! Regular members in attendance were Barb, Becky, Cheryl, Ginnie, Mary Beth, Sharon, and myself. We welcomed a new member Jody Barnhart, and our junior member Makenzie also joined us. Needless to say, the upper room at Kairo's Coffee House was percolating with book talk! The June book Three Junes by Julia Glass challenged our members with multiple narrations, a staggering plot, and a thought-provoking vocabulary. The book exposed the life of Fenno McLeod, a gay man living in New York City but still very much bound to his family ties in Scotland. Fenno's personal relationship with two very opposite gay men lead him on a path of self discovery. Mal, who is also Fenno's neighbor, is dying of AIDS, and, unwittingly, Fenno becomes Mal's support as his illness progresses. Most of us liked the character of Mal. He was the stereotypical gay, flamboyant and pompous. Although Mal would have been a more appropriate sexual partner fo...