{"product_id":"the-whalebone-theatre-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel","title":"The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel(USED) GF","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 the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II—a story of love, 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":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47407357034659,"sku":"9780593467152","price":1.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/9780593467152.jpg?v=1772905884","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/the-whalebone-theatre-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}