{"product_id":"whalebone-theatre","title":"Whalebone Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joanna Quinn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023-07-25\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;NEW YORK TIMES\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;“Absolute aces...Quinn’s imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold.” —\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The New York Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt; \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;“Utterly heartbreaking and joyous.” —Jo Baker, author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Longbourn\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt; \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085229867177,"sku":"PHBK-9780593467152","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/7661313482399.jpg?v=1779808254","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/whalebone-theatre","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}