Crooked Heart: ‘My book of the year’ Jojo Moyes

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Description

When Noel Bostock – aged ten, no family – is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge – thiry-six, drowning in debts. Always desperate for money, she’s unscrupulous about how she gets it.The war’s thrown up all manner of new opportunities but what Vee needs 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 an idea. 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 . . .Longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, 2015

Additional information

Weight 0.241 kg
Dimensions 2.1 × 12.7 × 19.8 cm
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Language

Pages

352

publisher

Year Published

2015-12-31

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0552774782

About The Author

Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, including the bestselling Old Baggage, Their Finest Hour and a Half (filmed as Their Finest), Small Change for Stuart and Wed Wabbit, both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and Small Bomb at Dimperley.

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