{"product_id":"the-whalebone-theatre-1","title":"The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn","description":"\u003cp\u003eA transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatre in the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II—a story of love, family, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation.\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":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51577157353789,"sku":"9780241542835","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9780241542835.jpg?v=1775874660","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/the-whalebone-theatre-1","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}