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MoJo: Getting on the Right Side: A Social, Political and Economic Novel
If you wonder why your wallet runs dry . . .
If you don’t know what to do about it . . .
Then, you will find the answers in this novel based on real facts and starring real people.
Getting on the Right Side is a virtual user's guide, written in plain language to help you get on the right side of your life .
The story was written for you and other ordinary people who feel the pain, but don’t understand the complexity of social, political and economic injustice.
In simple terms, a story of tragedy and love is told. MoJo shows you a way to grab and harness your own financial troubles to turn your own life around in real time.
MoJo’s story begins with poverty and personal tragedy, followed by blame, redemption and sympathy for the loss of her son due to a newly discovered illness that mimics shaken baby syndrome.
Sympathy turns to unity and determination in the struggling small town of Welch, West Virginia. Molly Jones becomes Mojo. Joined by townspeople, academics and accidental billionaires, her campaign turns the pocket economy right side up.
She marries her “Mr. Right” and together they rise out of deprivation to self-restrained wealth and spreading influence.
The spirit of Mother Jones, a forgotten champion of labor, assists MoJo until the fight against economic injustice has finally been won, earning Mother Jones her wings to the hereafter.
If you don’t know what to do about it . . .
Then, you will find the answers in this novel based on real facts and starring real people.
Getting on the Right Side is a virtual user's guide, written in plain language to help you get on the right side of your life .
The story was written for you and other ordinary people who feel the pain, but don’t understand the complexity of social, political and economic injustice.
In simple terms, a story of tragedy and love is told. MoJo shows you a way to grab and harness your own financial troubles to turn your own life around in real time.
MoJo’s story begins with poverty and personal tragedy, followed by blame, redemption and sympathy for the loss of her son due to a newly discovered illness that mimics shaken baby syndrome.
Sympathy turns to unity and determination in the struggling small town of Welch, West Virginia. Molly Jones becomes Mojo. Joined by townspeople, academics and accidental billionaires, her campaign turns the pocket economy right side up.
She marries her “Mr. Right” and together they rise out of deprivation to self-restrained wealth and spreading influence.
The spirit of Mother Jones, a forgotten champion of labor, assists MoJo until the fight against economic injustice has finally been won, earning Mother Jones her wings to the hereafter.
358 pages, Paperback
Published July 27, 2023
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About the author
Jerry Ash
6 books12 followersJerry Ash has written eight books ranging from histories to business management. Hellraiser — Mother Jones: An Historical Novel is his first historical novel intended for the mass market.
He has completed a novel titled Latent Images that is planned for release in 2014.
A coalminer’s son, he is a native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, located in the center of the northern coalfields referred to in his book.
Among his published books is West Virginia USA, 1976, which was co-authored with AP feature writer Strat Douthat. It was a chapter written by Douthat that introduced Jerry to Mother Jones.
Jerry holds a masters degree in journalism from West Virginia University and was an assistant professor of journalism there for seven years.
In the 1970s, he was editor and co-publisher of a small town weekly newspaper in Terra Alta, West Virginia, The Preston County News, which won forty state and national awards during those years. At the same time he co-founded the Pioneer Press of West Virginia.
In the 1980s he was elected to two terms as a West Virginia State Senator. After leaving the Senate he became vice president of the West Virginia Hospital Association and then president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association.
After a stint as executive director of Lifegift Organ Donation Centers in Houston, Fort Worth, Lubbock and Amarillo,Texas, in the 1990s, he worked as an independent business consultant and became known worldwide for his expertise in the field of knowledge management. He was editor of Knowledge Management Magazine in London, England, before retiring in 2010.
He and his wife Michele live in Sun City Center, Florida, where Jerry rides his motorcycle to bluegrass music concerts and jamborees all over the state. He is a competitive tennis player and avid reader.
He has completed a novel titled Latent Images that is planned for release in 2014.
A coalminer’s son, he is a native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, located in the center of the northern coalfields referred to in his book.
Among his published books is West Virginia USA, 1976, which was co-authored with AP feature writer Strat Douthat. It was a chapter written by Douthat that introduced Jerry to Mother Jones.
Jerry holds a masters degree in journalism from West Virginia University and was an assistant professor of journalism there for seven years.
In the 1970s, he was editor and co-publisher of a small town weekly newspaper in Terra Alta, West Virginia, The Preston County News, which won forty state and national awards during those years. At the same time he co-founded the Pioneer Press of West Virginia.
In the 1980s he was elected to two terms as a West Virginia State Senator. After leaving the Senate he became vice president of the West Virginia Hospital Association and then president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association.
After a stint as executive director of Lifegift Organ Donation Centers in Houston, Fort Worth, Lubbock and Amarillo,Texas, in the 1990s, he worked as an independent business consultant and became known worldwide for his expertise in the field of knowledge management. He was editor of Knowledge Management Magazine in London, England, before retiring in 2010.
He and his wife Michele live in Sun City Center, Florida, where Jerry rides his motorcycle to bluegrass music concerts and jamborees all over the state. He is a competitive tennis player and avid reader.
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