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The Whalebone Theatre: A Novel - 9780593467152
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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 IIa story of love, family, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation. Absolute aces...Quinns 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 householdher sister, Flossie; her brother, Digby, long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitcat, kitchen maid; Taras, visiting artistbuild a theatre from the beasts 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 Francea more dangerous kind of playacting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart.
- | Author: Joanna Quinn
- | Publisher: Vintage
- | Publication Date: Jul 25, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 576 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0593467159
- | ISBN-13: 9780593467152
- Author:
- Joanna Quinn
- Publisher:
- Vintage
- Publication Date:
- Jul 25, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 576 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0593467159
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593467152