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- Author's other book, The Timeless Counselor:A Psychic Reading.
"This book is different
than any book I have read before, which is such a plus in this day of
cookie cutter mass market paperbacks." - Jessica,
Goodreads.com
The Skye
in June, is
a tale about the MacDonalds, a Scottish family, and their
youngest child, June, who has an uniqueness that attracts unusual
people. After a tragedy the MacDonalds emigrate from Scotland
to
San Francisco. The family implodes when June
is drawn into the world of mysticism and, along with her three sisters,
come of age
during the colorful
circa 1960's. It is a story of
reconciliation
and acceptance.
Anyone
who loves a good read of San Francisco's history during the late 1950's
and
early days of the '60's, will
enjoy this story.
Ms. Ahern uses the rich history of Eureka
Valley (The Castro) by weaving her story
around well-known businesses such as The Castro Theatre
and Cliffs'
Variety Store. The story is also
rich with nuances of Scottish culture and language. The
sisters are lively, funny and rebellious as they find ways to deter
their father from having control over them. The
story takes readers
through issues
of family, their bond and how it changes over the years,
religion, as wells as the challenges of immigrants, and
the
world of mysticism.
Not
since author Amy Tan's early writings has a woman's voice so strongly
resonated from one of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods. Author
June Ahern's powerful coming of age tale, “The Skye in June”, is the
evolution of a young psychic and her passage through a unique time and
place-–a must read for anyone interested in the drama and complexities
of what it might be like growing up psychic. - Jim
Toland, "Fire And Fog"
Read
more about the story and for sample chapters see links below.
The story
unfolds in Glasgow with
Cathy, the mother, riding in the back of a taxi on her way to the
hospital to deliver yet another
bairn (child.) Cathy
defies her husband, Jimmy, by naming their newborn daughter June rather
than after a
saint, as was their Catholic tradition. Jimmy is furious
saying the name is a pagan one. The decision sets the MacDonald's
on a course that will ultimately
threaten the family's very foundation.
Tragedy happens during the chaos of the Protestant Orange Walk parade
and soon after the Catholic MacDonals leave Scotland for a new life in
San Francisco,
California. The MacDonalds'
struggles in a new country
intensifies as a past secret, revealed through June, threatens
to split them apart as she begins
to have visions that are not
welcomed in her repressive
religious household. To stop her Jimmy sends her, along with her
sisters, to a parochial school in hopes the nuns will stop June's
"heathen" ways. The
sisters' hatch plans to deter their father from being so controlling
with the eldest Annie keeping a tight rein so they don't fall too far
away from the Catholicism. Maggie, the next sister urges June to get
what she wants by smiling while Mary becomes June's sidekick.
Cathy rejects
her daughter's visions accusing
her of lying.
June and her sisters come of
age during the social
upheaval of the 1960's in San Francisco. Jimmy and Cathy
have their
hands full dealing with their teens straying from their religious
teachings. "Doomed to
hell every last one of you,"
declares Jimmy as each daughter
openly
rebel
against their parents. To worsen matters, June's psychic abilities
uncover her mother's long hidden secret. The family is on the
brink of imploding when Cathy must once again defy her husband and
hopefully save the family by being truthful
about her past.
Readers give Ms. Ahern's first
novel five star reviews. More at book.
Enjoy chapters
"Wicked
Behavior at Holy
Savior" Must See links at left hand side and in Noe Valley
Voice Eureka! San Francisco
Links
Contact
us
June
Callaghan of Eureka Valley
ISBN#
- 13 - 978-1419689666
ISBN #-10: 1419689665
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