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Women of WHC Literary Club: Michelle Cameron, “Napoleon’s Mirage”

Tuesday March 18, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Headshot of Michelle Cameron a middle aged woman with short brown hair and glasses, next to the book cover of "Napoleon's Mirage"

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The Women of WHC Literary Club dives into the world of historical fiction with Michelle Cameron’s latest, Napoleon’s Mirage, the sequel to Beyond the Ghet­to Gates.

More than a year has elapsed since Napoleon Bonaparte freed Italy’s Jews from their repressive ghetto. The ghet­to gates were destroyed and Ancona’s Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty lib­er­at­ed by Napoleon’s troops. Yet instead of feel­ing free, Mirelle is ostra­cized – by the com­mu­ni­ty, her best friend, even her moth­er – and labeled a ​“ruined woman.” As her efforts to nur­ture her family’s lega­cy are thwart­ed, she real­izes she might have lost her last chance at love. Mean­while Daniel, now a lieu­tenant in the French army, along with Christophe, the man respon­si­ble for Mirelle’s dis­grace, set sail to an unknown des­ti­na­tion with Gen­er­al Bonaparte’s forces. Napoleon and his men face a harsh and unfor­giv­ing land­scape and new, implaca­ble ene­mies, and Daniel’s faith and loy­al­ty to the com­man­der he once wor­shipped is put to the test.

Napoleon’s Mirage is a New York Times bestseller, which the paper called “an absolute triumph.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle is a director of The Writers Circle, which offers creative writing workshops and events to kids and adults in Summit, South Orange, Maplewood, Verona, and Morristown, NJ, as well as online. She teaches novel classes to adults and creative writing classes to children and teens in Summit, NJ, and virtually. Michelle lives in New Jersey with her husband. She has two grown sons of whom she is inordinately proud.

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Date:

Tuesday, March 18

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Online

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Women of WHC