The lilliputians – Kirsty Murray

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Daisy opened her mouth and lies flew out. Her face so pink and white, her lips so plump and sweet, her lies so vile. I had to cover my ears. I shut my eyes, wanting to block out the courtroom, to neither see or hear the evil; but Tilly grabbed my arm and twisted the skin on my wrist in a Chinese bur. ‘Poesy Swift’, she whispered, her breath hot against my neck, ‘open your eyes and take that look off your face. We will never get home if you ruin everything.’

Madras 1910: Poesy and Tilly are caught in a scandal that will change their lives forever. Singing and dancing across a hundred stages as members of a troupe of Australian child performers, called the Lilliputans, they travel by steam train into the heart of India. But as one disaster follows another, money runs short and tempers fray. What must the girls do to protect themselves and how many lives will be ruined if they try to break free?