{"product_id":"crooked-heart-lissa-evans-9780062364845","title":"Crooked Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaper Moon\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoel'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her own, she's a disaster. With Noel, she's a team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, 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. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lissa Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062364847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062364845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Lissa Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159188631807,"sku":"9780062364845","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a099a265-351d-454d-a734-6f819aeefe9f.jpg?v=1689081135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crooked-heart-lissa-evans-9780062364845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}