The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel

ISBN: 0593467159

Author: Quinn, Joanna

Condition: New

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 aces...Quinns imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold. -The New York TimesUtterly heartbreaking and joyous. -Jo Baker, author of LongbournOne 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 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 France-a more dangerous kind of playacting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart.