Joanna Quinn: The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre
Buch
- A Read with Jenna Pick
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 07/2023
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780593467152
- Bestellnummer: 11497731
- Umfang: 576 Seiten
- Gewicht: 422 g
- Maße: 203 x 132 mm
- Stärke: 24 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 25.7.2023
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
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.
Joanna Quinn
The Whalebone Theatre
EUR 18,45*