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"The Skye in June's" 10th year anniversary.

 FREE Kindle  April 25 - April 29 Celebrate 

Don't miss this powerful mother daughter tale, a proven favorite for young and older readers with monthly sales since its April '08 debut.

From Scotland to San Francisco, an immigrant family in a unique time and place, a historical fiction told in a strong woman's voice. 

Never a dull moment in with MacDonald family! 

Learn Scottish words and phrases, customs and Hogmanay rituals while reading about life in one of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods, The Castro, before the big changes socially and politically circa 1960. Go to the Castro Theatre for an afternoon of girl fight, walk the hills up to Twin Peaks, visit the many shops, like Clift's Hardware (still there!) in the Valley. 

Overwhelming positive reviews on Amazon (US, UK, France and Japan) and Goodreads, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and many other book sites.

About me and other books at june ahern dot com.

Amazon link above or cut and paste see below.

BAY AREA: The Power of Thoughts & Words, Sat, April 27th, 1:30 p.m. 

FREE workshop presented by June Ahern (me) sponsored by Rosicrucian Order

I'll  give you true and tried techniques to reverse negative thoughts to positive ones. The poison of negative thoughts bring illness and weaken the body.

Nice when science validates metaphysical studies:


Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, the study was the brainchild of Dr. Nian-Sheng, an acting clinical at Tzeng, a psychiatrist at Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei told ScienceDaily that he began the research after noticing a pattern, “I observed that some patients with the three A’s - asthma, allergies, and atopic dermatitis (eczema) appeared to suffer emotionally." Like YEAH. Come hear how to help your physical ailments ease.

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"THE CITY WHO KNOWS HOW" - HERB CAEN - SAN FRANCISCO

No one calls Baltimore Baghdad by the Bay. - Herb Caen, San Francisco Columnist

San Francisco is a beautiful city with steep hills, incredible views at the top and valleys where the fog rolls right over you toward the next hilltop, bustling crowds, arts and a big ocean to gaze upon. 

Have you been there?

In 1956 along with my family, I emigrated to San Francisco, California. My father sought a better life for us. Work for a Catholic in Glasgow, Scotland weren't good. We brought to our new country much of our old country and soon settled into neighborhood of the city named Eureka Valley and now known to most as "The Castro."

San Francisco is divided into quite a few areas - neighborhoods - with their own brand of culture. People of same races and foods leave in a small area for San Francisco for being so world renowned is a small city (approx 46 sq miles) full of characters, good and great food, art and plenty to see (North Beach, Chinatown, the Embarcadero, Fisherman's wharf, the ballpark, Dolores Park, Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park + more.)

It's truly a city to walk through! Get your walking shoes on when my beautiful city - plan to take some cable car rides and be at the top of the world! 

From Paris, France on Amazon.com came this review on my novel The Skye in June.
  
"If you enjoyed Armistead Maupin and his "Tales of the City", you will love sitting down with "The Skye in June." 

 I enjoy her look at what the story had to offer and comparison to one of my all time favorite columnist, Herb Caen, who wrote about the city's daily going-ons, gossip, happenings, society, political figures and fights with a true, bug in the ear kinda feel.

The author, J. Ahern, has an enchanting way of taking you up and down the hills of San Francisco. You could hear the clacking rosary beads of the religious penguins, feel your lace mantilla tickling your shoulders and recall the nausea from the heavy incense of the Stations of the Cross. If you weren't lucky enough to experience the live San Francisco Sound, flower power of the pungent smell of patchouli oil and marijuana on the streets of "Baghdad by the Bay" or the "City that knows how",  - Herb would call his city.  

June will take you there. She will also give you the strength to stand up for your beliefs, get in touch with your intuitive powers, appreciate the love and force of family, but most importantly, accept and embrace that which makes one a unique individual. I wait with impatience for a sequel." - Madeleine P., Paris, France

Photo by Jerry Breisach

Read about the story and my other novel at juneahern website. 

Take a Ghost Walk of San Francisco's infamous Barbary Coast with June Ahern.
http://youtu.be/TU4BvpvX5AQ

A JOLLY GOOD TIME: MAYHEM AND MURDER SUMMER OF LOVE

SHE CAME FOR A JOLLY GOOD TIME. FATE HAD OTHER PLANS.

 Liz MacKay’s lies lead to her son’s death and a man’s murder. The once cheeky Liz leaves
Scotland in a fog of grief to lose herself in the crazed days of the of the Summer of Love.

In San Francisco, thoughts of a “jolly good time” evaporate and she’s in over her head with dope-smoking roommates and a plot to bring down the Black Panthers.  

“City of Redemption” is a about a lonely woman with a shameful past in a city seemingly full of free love and groovy people only Liz is drawn to the dark underbelly of violence and devastation. 

My books continue to receive an overwhelming five star reviews since since publication.

"City of Redemption" combines strong plotting and  dialogue to create a memorable and revealing exposé of seedy side of the Summer of Love.

A film is planned for this story.

Read more at june ahern dot com.

Paperback and ebook. Amazon.com ebooks Smashwords.com For personally autographed copy through author's website www.june ahern dot com.

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EUREKA VALLEY AKA THE CASTRO: HISTORY

 

Memories of Most Holy Redeemer school and life with the BVM nuns made for a much lively conversation. 

From 6/09 Last Saturday at Eureka Valley Recreation Park I was along with Susan Maher & Marie Callaghan sat on a panel of old residents to discuss life in this famous neighborhood before it became known as "The Castro." 

Although the other two panelists' memories where of the difficult and often cruel times with the nuns and Catholic church, I remember some positive ones also. 

 The days at EV park was a huge positive memory for all especially for Marie who fondly reminisced about two of the directors, Dody and Clair’s, encouraging influence on her life. 

We all talked about how the Castro theater filled every Saturday with kids and Susan laughingly referred to Saturday picture day as the “babysitter.” 

 Memories of the neighborhood stores like Cliff's who put on the annual Halloween parade, costume and ice cream eating contests and the mechanical dinosaur were spoken about as were Mueller’s Swiss deli, Rossi’s meat market, ice cream shop (softies w/birdseed) and mentioned were the nine bars in two block radius. Eureka Valley was mostly Irish, Swiss, Swedes, some Italians and a then us, the Scottish immigrants. 

 I mentioned that my family's first home in the US was on Market Street, (featured in my novel The Skye in June) is now a center for psychic classes (ESP/Tarot) and readings, a coincidence since one character in my story experiences psychic phenomena lived at that very address. Then I read an excerpt from my novel. 

 There were many questions and sharing from the audience. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with their headdresses, white faces and colorful dresses and who generously contributed and sponsored the event - Friends of the Library, had questions about life with the nuns and the first signs of the changing of the neighborhood into the gay mecca it was to become. 

Others in the audience shared historical facts and stories. One saying that Eureka Valley was the heart (center) of San Francisco. It holds a huge part in my heart. Former owner of Thomas’ Cleaners spoke and had a table with antique irons including one heated by a Coleman gas contraption as well as some cast iron ones and early electric ones. Author Jim Strange (Strange de Jim) presented a slide show and his book, San Francisco’s Castro.

UPDATING: more books since this post: 2020 - read about my books, oof events and more june ahern website.