1928年一个狂风大作的夜晚，一条鲸鱼被冲到了英吉利海峡的岸边。根据法律，它属于国王，但12岁的孤儿克里斯塔贝尔-西格雷夫有其他计划。她和家里的其他人–她的姐姐弗洛西、她的弟弟迪格比–期待已久的奇尔科姆庄园的继承人、厨房女佣莫迪-凯特、访问艺术家塔拉斯–用这头野兽的骨骼肋骨建造了一座剧院。在鲸骨剧院里，克里斯塔贝尔可以躲避她那无能的继父母和轻率的家庭教师，她的想象力也随之活跃起来。
当克丽丝特贝尔成长为一个刚毅的年轻女子时，第二次世界大战开始了。她和Digby成为英国特工，分别在纳粹占领的法国执行任务–事实证明，这是一种更危险的戏剧表演，而且有可能使这个家庭分裂。
A 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.
“The Whalebone Theatre is absolute aces…Quinn’s imagination and adventuresome spirit are a pleasure to behold.” —The New York Times
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.
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