{"product_id":"the-whalebone-theatre-by-joanna-quinn-3740p","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.   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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822717739082,"sku":"3740p","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3740p_e3110f1e-eecb-491c-a0de-40afbf245a1a.jpg?v=1764360917","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-whalebone-theatre-by-joanna-quinn-3740p","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}