About the Book

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Can the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?

When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him:

First, he liked these people.

Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn’t need legislation. They needed a therapist.

In Get It Together, the number one New York Times bestselling author and Fox News primetime host takes on Wokeism in a way no one else has. Through a series of (sometimes very) personal interviews with some of the most radical activists in the country, Watters discovers that these activists may be overlooking the most important change they need to make—within themselves.

From activists working for climate change salvation, Black supremacy, and social justice to a professional cuddler and a transwoman who identifies as a wolf, Watters shows how many well-intentioned Americans have bought into causes invented and run by people who are illogical, emotional, and ill-informed.

Through their stories, Watters uncovers common threads—childhood traumas, broken relationships, and a lack of introspection. What if the people obsessed with the end of the world are just hurting from how this one has treated them? What if that, rather than ideological disagreements, is the deeper root of our country’s political divide?

Funny, fresh, and fascinating, Get It Together is sure to spark important conversations, and to inspire us to see one another not as political opponents, but as real and broken human beings.

About the Author

Jesse Watters serves as the co-host of The Five and the host of Jesse Watters Primetime, the two highest-rated cable news shows in America. Jesse rose to fame as a producer and correspondent for The O’Reilly Factor, which showcased his comedic street interviews, aggressive confrontations, and entertaining adventures all across the country. His autobiography, How I Saved the World, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Born in Philadelphia, Jesse graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a bachelor’s degree in history.

About Deirdre’s House

Deirdre’s House, formerly known as the Deirdre O'Brien Child Advocacy Center, is the Child Advocacy Center for Morris County's child victims of abuse and/or neglect and children who have witnessed violence. Child Advocacy Centers (CAC’s) are child focused programs that coordinate the multi-disciplinary investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse cases. Deirdre’s House is the only site in Morris County where a child victim can be interviewed and digitally recorded by law enforcement, medically examined and treated by pediatric child abuse specialist, prepared for trial, and provided with counseling services, all under one roof. All services are provided in English and Spanish and are free of charge. Deirdre's House provides a secure, nurturing, home-like environment that lessens the trauma and provides a source of healing, hope, and justice for children who have suffered abuse and/or neglect.

Since opening our doors in 1996, Deirdre's House has provided services to child victims from each town in Morris County. If the Center did not exist, children would have to be interviewed at a police facility, examined in a hospital emergency room, counseled at yet another location, and speak with many individuals thus increasing the impact of trauma and stress in their life. At Deirdre's House, the child friendly environment, staff, and trauma informed professionals help children and families navigate this difficult time with specialized care and understanding.

About the Novel

Everything changes for Sarah the day Nebuchadnezzar’s army storms Jerusalem. In an instant, her peaceful life on the farm is ripped away: her city sacked, her temple desecrated, her people enslaved. Marched across unforgiving desert sands to Babylon, Sarah — and what remains of the Judean people — must find a way to keep their faith alive in a new and unforgiving home.

Displaced within an empire of strange gods and unimaginable wealth, Sarah and her descendants bear witness to palace intrigue, betrayal, brutal sacrifice, regicide, and a new war brewing in the east. Through every trial, the Hebrew people attempt to preserve their religion. Uri, Sarah’s son, works as a scribe, transcribing incredible stories of prophets and visions, Creation and Exodus… stories that establish the central tenets of the Hebrew faith.

The novel raises provocative questions about assimilation versus maintaining religious tradition, issues of intermarriage, the rights of property, the compiling of early Biblical stories, and the painful choices that contributed to the longevity of the Jewish people.

About the Author

Michelle Cameron’s third book, Beyond the Ghetto Gates, was published by She Writes Press in April 2020 and awarded a Silver Medal in the Historical Fiction category by the Independent Book Publishers (IPPY), won First Place, Best of Category for the Chanticleer Goethe Awards and was a finalist in the 2020 Foreword Indies. As Napoleon Bonaparte campaigns in Italy in 1796-7, he frees the country’s Jews from their repressive ghetto. This unleashes a clash of cultures between Jews and Catholics, resulting in bloody riots, murder attempts, and even star-crossed love…

Her first historical novel, The Fruit of Her Hands: the Story of Shira of Ashkenaz was published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, in September 2009. Based on the life of the author’s thirteenth-century ancestor, Meir ben Baruch of Rothenberg, a renowned Jewish scholar of medieval Europe, this is the richly dramatic fictional story of Rabbi Meir’s wife, Shira, a devout but rebellious woman who preserves her religious traditions as she and her family witness the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe.

Michelle’s first full-length novel in verse, In the Shadow of the Globe, was published by Lit Pot Press, Inc., in late 2003. It was named as the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s 2003-4 Winter Book Selection. In addition, it has been a performance piece in various venues, including the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s Shakespeare Benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, as part of the Drew University’s colloquium, Shakespeare in Performance II, the 2004 College of Saint Elizabeth’s Alumnae/i Weekend (acted by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey actors), the Vintage Players, and at the Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway in Cape May in 2005.

Michelle will have two new books published in the next two years. Babylon: a novel of Jewish Exile & Return, will be published in the fall of 2023 by Wicked Son Press. This is the multi-generational Biblical saga of Sarah, her children and grandchildren, exiled to Babylon when King Nebuchadnezzar’s army conquers Judea and destroys the Temple. The novel also tells the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s ambitious children: their prescient dreams, interpreted by Daniel the prophet, palace intrigues, betrayal, and even regicide.

Napoleon’s Mirage, the sequel to Beyond the Ghetto Gates, will be published in the spring of 2024 by She Writes Press. A year after Beyond the Ghetto Gates concludes, Daniel and Christophe head to an unknown destination with General Bonaparte’s forces as Mirelle realizes the consequences of being a “ruined woman.” Napoleon and his men must face a harsh and unforgiving landscape, questions of loyalty and faith, and new, implacable foes.

Michelle is a director of The Writers Circle, which offers creative writing to kids and adults in Summit, South Orange, Maplewood, Montclair and Morristown. She teaches novel classes to adults and classes to children and teens in Summit, NJ and virtually. She is also a freelance writer and editor, handling everything from corporate writing to creative editing.

Michelle lives in New Jersey with her husband. She has two grown sons of whom she is inordinately proud.

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Angela Brown’s Olivia Strauss is Running Out of Time! The event will begin at 6:30pm and end at 8:00pm. A reading from Angela Brown will take place at 7:00pm.

About the Author:

Angela Brown’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Real Simple, and other publications. She holds an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Angela lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young children, where she is currently at work on her second novel.

About the Novel:

“If you knew the date when you would die, would you change the way you live?” In her winning, often hilarious, and deeply felt debut, OLIVIA STRAUSS IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME (Little A; January 1, 2024), novelist Angela Brown asks this question as she explores the complexities of aging, adult friendships, reinvention, and learning to live well.

Olivia Strauss is turning 39. Not a major milestone and no midlife crisis in sight, she assumes she has decades to check the unchecked boxes of her life’s to-do list. Olivia still considers herself to be young despite the occasionally catty ageist comments from the other neighborhood moms who gather to gossip and sell beauty products over cold glasses of wine at their kitchen islands. And she’s mostly content in the stable home shared with her college sweetheart and their young son.

That is until Olivia’s best friend—eccentric, single, city-dwelling Marian, who is living the life Olivia still covets—gives her an unusual birthday present that turns both of their lives upside down: a visit to a trendy wellness clinic for a state-of-the-art genetic test that can predict the exact date of one’s death. The test—real or not—forces Olivia to examine her life and ask herself what she might do differently if her time were to end sooner than expected.

Olivia takes inventory of her as yet unfinished dreams and fast tracks some of them, reigniting the romantic spark in her marriage, spending more quality time with her son, switching careers, learning to cook, and even dyeing her hair a bright bohemian pink.

OLIVIA STRAUSS IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME is a heartfelt comedy of errors about the challenges of aging, embracing the moment, and living our best lives. When confronted with her own ‘expiration date,’ Olivia is forced to stop making excuses and face one life-changing fact: no matter your age, there is always time to start over.

In a personal twist, several years ago Brown, whose writing has appeared in Real Simple and the New York Times, found herself wondering what 40 ‘should’ look like. Soon after, covid closed down the world and offered her the opportunity to re-engage her own dream of becoming a writer. She gave herself one year to finish a novel before her 40th birthday. And OLIVIA STRAUSS was born! Readers of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different or Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will flock to Olivia and her fellow cast of quirky characters.

Please join us for our official grand opening!!