{"product_id":"the-whalebone-theatre-9780593321706b","title":"The Whalebone Theatre","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead with Jenna Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eA 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\n\nOne 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\u003e\n\nAs 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.\n\n","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870533587024,"sku":"9780593321706B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780593321706-l.jpg?v=1785881832","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-whalebone-theatre-9780593321706b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}