A Cat Named Whalebone
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The Whalebone Theatre: A Novel - 9780593467152
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9780593467152
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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 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.
| 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 |
The Whalebone Theatre: A Novel - 9780593467152
$18.00
$16.81
Sale 7%
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.
| 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 |
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