{"product_id":"9780593321706","title":"The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Absolute aces...Quinn’s imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Utterly heartbreaking and joyous.” —Jo Baker, author of \u003ci\u003eLongbourn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Joanna Quinn","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |  Hardback | Rough front |  2022-10-04","offer_id":44151378542847,"sku":"9780593321706","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4c244062-9f9a-42e3-9f9b-6a72cd274431.jpg?v=1664860692","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593321706","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}