Download or read book A True History of the Hula Hoop written by Judith Lanigan and published by Picador. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine is a hula-hooping performance artist, a talented and independent individual. Columbine is a feisty female clown in a 16th century Italian commedia dell'arte commissioned to perform before the King of France. As Catherine and Columbine struggle to make sense of a nonsensical world, their lives, as if by magic, seem to interact.