Crooked Heart: a novel
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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. . . .
Notes
Evans, L., & Cass, K. (2015). Crooked Heart: a novel. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Evans, Lissa and Karen, Cass. 2015. Crooked Heart: A Novel. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Evans, Lissa and Karen, Cass, Crooked Heart: A Novel. [United States], HarperAudio, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Evans, Lissa, and Karen Cass. Crooked Heart: A Novel. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio, 2015.
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