Description
When burlesque performer Catherine Barnier stumbles upon evidence that Brisbane schoolkids were hula hooping in the early 1950s, she smells a conspiracy. Up till then, most people thought the Wham-O toy company invented the hula hoop in Los Angeles in 1958.
Catherine's quest to unlock the truth takes her from Melbourne to Minneapolis, from Moscow to Milan, and back to Melbourne again. Along the way, she plays a dying swan in the rain, has her props suspiciously sabotaged and learns that for centuries the stage was a man's domain
Which makes life interesting for Columbina, a feisty 16th-century Italian clown whose company is commissioned to perform for the King of France. As they make their way across a Europe held back by inequality and rocked by religious wars, they are kidnapped and held for ransom. Using all their ingenuity, they must hatch a daring escape plan if they are to survive.
As these two unforgettable women forge their own paths centuries apart, their lives seem to intersect
ISBN:9780330425070
