Eugenia Ledoux, nine years old and alarmingly precocious, lives in a down-at-heel neighbourhood in Toronto. 'Stunt' is the secret nickname her father has given her, since she is fearless and loves to thrill him with her reckless, improvised acrobatics.
In this novel's quirky world, all the characters have colourful names: Eugenia's ghoulish and exquisitely beautiful sister is named Immaculata. Their narcissistic mother—an exotic dancer turned B-movie actress—is called Mink. And their father's name is Sheb Wooly Ledoux.
