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Title: Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick
Author: Joanna Quinn
ISBN: 9780593467152
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 576
Condition: Used Copy
Publisher :
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK – A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatre made of whalebones to covert operations during World War II–a story of love, family, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation.
“Absolute ‘s imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold.” —The New York Times
“Utterly heartbreaking and joyous.” –Jo Baker, author of Longbourn
One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, it belongs to the King, but twelve-year-old orphan Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household–her sister, Flossie; her brother, Digby, long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitcat, kitchen maid; Taras, visiting artist–build a theatre from the beast’s skeletal rib cage. Within the Whalebone Theatre, Cristabel can escape her feckless stepparents and brisk governesses, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents on separate missions in Nazi-occupied France–a more dangerous kind of playacting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart.
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