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The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Large Print Edition)

The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Large Print Edition)

Quinn, Joanna

Paperback

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0593663705
ISBN13: 9780593663707
Publisher: Diversified Publishing
Published: Oct 18 2022
Pages: 864
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.41 Width: 6.13 Depth: 9.17
Language: English
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...Quinn'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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