NEW 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.
“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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/25/2023
Pages: 576
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.31w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9780593467152
Language: English
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