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This historical mystery begins in the back seat of a cab. Cathy
MacDonald is on the way to the hospital to deliver, yet another bairn
(child.)
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 strong
religious beliefs.
When
the rollicking Scottish MacDonald family emigrates to San Francisco,
California, young June has visions. They haunt Cathy, revealing her
secret past in the Scottish Highlands. June’s religiously rigid and
abusive father will not tolerate the visions. This doesn’t stop his
feisty redheaded daughter from her interest and curiosity in psychic
phenomena and witchcraft.
The
family is on the brink of imploding when June and her three sisters
come of age in the early 1960’s. "Doomed to hell, every last one of
you,” proclaims Jimmy whose four daughters seem to be abandoning
Catholicism in favor of the Haight-Ashbury's sexual revolution and
psychedelic
lifestyle.
June’s
life is saved, over and over again, by feminine powers, caring women
who help her through a difficult childhood; from the Virgin Mary to her
cherished angel and those who acknowledged her gifts ––her grandmother,
an old gypsy woman and Mrs. G, June’s first friend in America. There is
also the kindly Sister Noel, a helpful nurse and wise doctor, as well as her
wonderful sisters and friends who accept her as she is.
In
order to save June, Cathy must learn the power of spirit and take heed
of June’s psychic messages before it’s too late.
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, author of "Fire And Fog"
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Anyone
who loves a good mystery will enjoy this book. The book takes readers
through the world of mysticism, issues of immigrant challenges and
religious conflicts. The Skye in June is rich with nuances of Scottish culture and
life in San Francisco. It introduces readers to some
Glaswegian words and captures a unique time in San Francisco's environs; the early days of the rebellious
1960's Haight Ashbury and beginning of The Castro.
Enjoy
reading
a chapter from The Skye
in June, "Wicked Behavior at Holy
Savior" at
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