Crooked heart /
"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....
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2015]
|
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | "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 and 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 turn a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money off the war--and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isn't actually safe at all"--Provided by publisher. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday, an imprint of Random House"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 282 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780062364838 0062364839 |