Don't call us Carnies / Norma Brophy with Wendy Stuart.
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TextPublisher: Boonwurrung Country, VIC : Affirm Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: ix, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922626851 (paperback)Other title: Do not call us CarniesSubject(s): Brophy, Norma | Women circus performers -- Australia -- Biography | Circus owners -- Australia -- Biography | Women entertainers -- Australia -- Biography | Circus performers -- Australia -- History | Entertainers -- Australia -- History | Circus -- Australia -- HistoryGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 791.3092 Summary: In this memoir, multi-talented showbiz matriarch Norma Brophy comes out of retirement to reveal a world of interest to many but understood by few. As a born and bred 'show person', Norma is intimately aware of the glittering highs and tragic lows of a people who have brought awe and wonder to generations of Australians. With pizzazz and passion, Norma paints a vivid picture of Australian show culture from the past 100 years, playing ringmaster to a cavalcade of unforgettable characters and places that have helped form the story of her own record-breaking, death-defying family as well as countless other travelling show people, circus and rodeo folk.
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"We are Showies and damn proud of it" -- Cover.
In this memoir, multi-talented showbiz matriarch Norma Brophy comes out of retirement to reveal a world of interest to many but understood by few. As a born and bred 'show person', Norma is intimately aware of the glittering highs and tragic lows of a people who have brought awe and wonder to generations of Australians. With pizzazz and passion, Norma paints a vivid picture of Australian show culture from the past 100 years, playing ringmaster to a cavalcade of unforgettable characters and places that have helped form the story of her own record-breaking, death-defying family as well as countless other travelling show people, circus and rodeo folk.
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