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  <name><![CDATA[DeAnna Cameron]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[In THE BELLY DANCER, newly married Dora arrives fresh from New Orleans to a Chicago crackling with the energy and optimism of the 1893 Worlds Fair. Shes eager to begin her life as the wife of social-climbing Charles Chambers but fears she isnt living up to his marital expectations. Desperate, she turns to the Fairs sensuous Egyptian belly dancers for helpand finds herself captivated by these exotic women, and their handsome and mysterious manager. 

The characters in this novel will dance right off the page and into your imagination!
~Brenda Rickman Vantrease, author of The Illuminator

Cameron is a journalist who has worked as a reporter and editor at a number of Southern California newspapers and magazines. The story grew from her personal love for the art and history of bellly dancing. 

Visit www.deannacameron.com for more.
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  <title><![CDATA[The Belly Dancer]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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