{"product_id":"the-whalebone-theatre-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel","title":"The Whalebone Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absolute aces...Quinn’s imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold.” —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Utterly heartbreaking and joyous.” —Jo Baker, author of Longbourn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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":"Fablefern Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Historical Fiction","offer_id":51976063123758,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/6756\/3054\/files\/9780593321706.jpg?v=1776810470","url":"https:\/\/www.fablefernbookshop.com\/products\/the-whalebone-theatre-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel","provider":"Fablefern Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}