Evans Lissa
Evans Lissa - Crooked Heart A Novel - Paperback
Evans Lissa - Crooked Heart A Novel - Paperback
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Description: Paper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy set in World War II England chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee. When Noel Bostock aged ten no family is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment he lands in a suburb northwest of the city with Vera Sedge a thirty - six - year old widow drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money she's unscrupulous about how she gets it. Noel's mourning his godmother Mattie a former suffragette. Wise beyond his years raised with a disdain for authority and an eclectic attitude toward education he has little in common with other children and even less with the impulsive Vee who hurtles from one self - made crisis to the next. The war's provided unprecedented opportunities for making money but what Vee needs and what she's never had is a cool head and the ability to make a plan. On her own she's a disaster. With Noel she's a team. Together they cook up a scheme. Crisscrossing the bombed suburbs of London Vee starts to make a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the war and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety but he isn t actually safe at all .
Title: Crooked Heart A Novel
Author(s): Evans Lissa
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062364845
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/27/2023
Description: Paper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy set in World War II England chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee. When Noel Bostock aged ten no family is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment he lands in a suburb northwest of the city with Vera Sedge a thirty - six - year old widow drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money she's unscrupulous about how she gets it. Noel's mourning his godmother Mattie a former suffragette. Wise beyond his years raised with a disdain for authority and an eclectic attitude toward education he has little in common with other children and even less with the impulsive Vee who hurtles from one self - made crisis to the next. The war's provided unprecedented opportunities for making money but what Vee needs and what she's never had is a cool head and the ability to make a plan. On her own she's a disaster. With Noel she's a team. Together they cook up a scheme. Crisscrossing the bombed suburbs of London Vee starts to make a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the war and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety but he isn t actually safe at all .
Title: Crooked Heart A Novel
Author(s): Evans Lissa
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062364845
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/27/2023
