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Skye in June, A Novel
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Overwhelming five stars reviews and praises for author at, June Ahern The Skye in June, is a colorful, funny and poignant historical coming of age story of a Scottish immigrant family set in San Francisco during the mid 1950 to the early 1960's Haight Ashbury days when the sisters come of age. Walk up and down Castro Street and be part of the historical changing of Eureka Valley neighborhood. It is a fictional story within an autobiographical framework about J. Ahern. The author was born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised in San Francisco in the Eureka Valley district (now known as The Castro.) June MacDonald's fate is sealed the day she is born when her mother, Cathy, defies her husband, Jimmy, by giving their new daughter a pagan name instead of a Catholic saint's, as is their tradition. The decision forever sets the MacDonald family on a course for disaster, and no one can foresee that June will grow up to threaten their religious beliefs. When the family is imploding only Cathy must step forward to save daughters from Jimmy's abusive ways. More The Skye in June Enjoy a chapter, "Wicked Behavior at Holy Savior", at blog. .
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