The Whalebone Theatre
"An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II-a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong t...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2022.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Quinn, Joanna, |d 1976- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Whalebone Theatre / |c Joanna Quinn. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Whalebone Theater | |
| 250 | |a First American edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2022. | |
| 300 | |a xi, 553 pages ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 500 | |a "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. | ||
| 500 | |a "Read with Jenna"--Jacket. | ||
| 520 | |a "An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II-a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist-build a theatre within the whale's skeleton. Cristabel is an orphan, mostly ignored by her feckless step-parents and brisk governesses. But within the Whalebone Theatre, she is fully at home and in charge, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman, chafing against expectations, World War II rears its head. She and Digby become British secret agents working undercover in Nazi-Occupied France on separate missions-a more dangerous kind of play-acting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart. The Whalebone Theatre is a sweeping, transporting, completely irresistible novel, full of warmth and charm, humor and poignancy, passion and adventure-a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Secret service |z Great Britain |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Underground movements |z France |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Orphans |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women intelligence officers |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a War fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Spy fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifestation): |a Quinn, Joanna, 1976- |t Whalebone Theatre |d [London] : Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022 |z 9780241542835 |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Quinn, Joanna, 1976- |t Whalebone Theatre |b First American edition. |d New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 |z 9780593321713 |w (DLC) 2022004045 |
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