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From Ice Wagon to Club House: The life of Jude Mooney
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Blurb:
At fifteen years old, Jude Mooney is driving an ice wagon to help his struggling Irish immigrant family. An obedient son and devoted brother, he willingly works in the sweltering New Orleans heat along with his friend, Pete Saluto, to help his pious and respectable parents. When his older brother’s suicide leaves the family nearly destitute and shame-ridden, Jude seeks employment in the infamous Storyville of old New Orleans, becoming the confidante of the many characters who populated Emma Johnson’s establishment.
When his parents learn of his activities, Jude leaves the family nest, becoming even more embroiled in the seedy lifestyle until a disastrous encounter forces him to leave town and join his relatives in Ireland. It is in his ancestral birthplace that he meets the fiery Maeve and joins the fight for Irish independence and then, paradoxically, the British army when his love turns sour. Upon his return from the front, he seeks Maeve, who has had his twin sons.
Together, they return to New Orleans. A series of losses then force Jude into an uneasy alliance with the powerful mob family, the Matrangas. He rises in the ranks of the Matranga “family,” becoming a valuable cog in the wheel of their bootlegging and horse-racing empire. However, any links to the mob brings risks. How much more will Jude lose as the Feds pursue the men who supply the country with the illicit nectar?
About Viola Russell:
Viola Russell is the pseudonym for Susan Weaver
Eble. A homegrown New Orleanian, she
holds a doctorate in English literature from Texas A & M University. She has traveled far and wide and relishes
the memories she has made in places as distant as England, Ireland, Canada, and
Jamaica and as near as Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, California, and
Massachusetts. She lives with her husband Ben, the love of her life, in a New
Orleans cottage and is most comfortable at her computer creating the worlds
that drift into her imagination
Website: www.violarussell.com
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