An aspiring nurse moonlights as a marathon dancer in Austin writer Sarah Bird’s new novel.
Many baby boomers might first have learned about the Depression-era marathon dancing craze from the 1969 filmBut Austin writer Sarah Bird learned about it from her mother, Colista McCabe Bird, whose stories inspired her daughter’s latest tale.
Mamie is a chilly, beautiful sociopath who forces young Evie to work in seamy venues to support them both, under threat of being left at an orphanage. So Evie grows up a vaudeville brat, a half-orphan raised on short rations, insecurity and the smell of greasepaint. An introvert at heart, Evie covers her shy vulnerability with a show of toughness.
Memories of her father’s last days in a hospital inspire Evie to finish school and become a nurse, escaping the slums and dance halls of Houston so she can establish respectability far from Mamie’s clutches. A new, decent life awaits, “If only I could impersonate a normal girl well enough to seize it.”
In the spring of 1932, after three years of work and study, Evie and Sofie are set to receive the coveted silver RN pin conferring their professional status. But a powerful enemy snatches her dream away from Evie, and she finds herself back in Houston, working on the fringes of showbiz.
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