HAIGHT/ASHBURY - THE EARLY BLOOM

 My first novel, The Skye in June is a winter cozy read.

A story capturing San Francisco's history during the 1950's and 1960s days of  changing environs  

In it, you'll walk through the city's streets  -- down into the valley community happenings and up the many hills to homes and neighbors. 

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Visit the Haight Ashbury before the "hippy take over" when the neighborhood was realizing an emergence of the young hip beat crowd of artists and. musicians. Where the roar of Harley Davidson motorcyclists in their colors roared through the Haight. 

San Francisco was in the beginning of a big change and the MacDonald girls in "Skye" were part of it. Which one thrived the most during this time of the four girls?

The Skye in June has about 700  overwhelming positive reviews on Amazon US, UK and France, and Japan -  translated into  Japanese, Goodreads.com, Barns and Noble, in Comments on june ahern website, ebook on Smashwords.com. Paperback and eBook. Purchase directly from the author, June, for a personally autographed copy: email june@sfcoaching.com. 

Excerpt 

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THE DEVIL PASSED THROUGH - 1964

 THE COLD SIDEWALK chilled June and Mary’s bums as they sat on the curb waiting for the 33 Ashbury bus. The day had been pleasantly warm for late March, until the sun dipped behind the trees in Golden Gate Park and the ocean fog spread a chill through the Panhandle and up to Haight Street.Mary tucked the extra material from her bellbottom pants around her legs to keep the wind from shooting up them. June sat on her large black leather purse that held her schoolbooks. The short skirt of her Catholic school uniform (which, in the opinion of the nuns, was too short) did not protect her shivering white legs from the cold. No matter how nippy the days could become, the two never let the capricious San Francisco weather discourage their trips to the Haight. It was a fun time there. They met up with the young, hip people moving into the area who were bringing a whole new scene to the city. The mood of the Haight-Ashbury was rebellious with long haired young men playing harmonicas and writing poetry and tough Harley-Davidson motorcyclists cruising the street, some with Hell’s Angels emblazed across the back of their leather jackets. The scene was a much-needed relief from the girls’ restricted life. At home the sisters didn’t talk openly about their jaunts, knowing the problems it would produce.  (Cont'd)

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