The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
他们靠故事来提高自己。 现在是他们自己写的时候了......
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《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书。 他们靠故事来提高自己。 现在是他们自己写的时候了……
这是关于一座古老的英国海边庄园的故事，这里有摇摇欲坠的烟囱、垂落的常春藤和一间装满灰尘的精装书的图书馆。 这是三个孩子在那里长大的故事，以及他们为自己创造的冒险，而大人们则招待无尽的派对客人：他们从不应该读的书中想象的世界，以及他们从窃听中学到的教训 穿过橡木镶板门。
这是一个关于鲸鱼被冲上海滩的故事，它的骨头被一个有着远大抱负和想象力的十二岁女孩夺走了。 一个被遗弃的孤儿成长为一个无法结婚的年轻女子，她在传统成长的限制下感到恼火，并坚决决心以不同的方式做事。
但随着孩子们长大成人，另一个故事正在悄然展开。 当战争最终成为焦点时，他们发现自己在未经排练的情况下扮演了从未想过要扮演的角色。
他们靠故事来提高自己。 现在是他们自己写的时候了……
A 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.
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.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Joanna Quinn was born in London and grew up in Dorset, in the South West of England, where her debut novel The Whalebone Theatre is set.
Joanna has worked in journalism and the charity sector. She is also a short story writer, published by The White Review and Comma Press among others. She teaches creative writing and lives in a village near the sea in Dorset.
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