01171nam a2200181 4500 3228 20240723102500.0 240723b sa ||||ed|||| 00| 1 eng d 9781785411090 RDA OCLC 3228 23 LP EF EVAN Evans, Lissa. 187655 Crooked heart; Lissa Evans. Leicestershire; ISIS; 2015. 336 pages; 23 cm. When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he ends up living in St Albans with Vera Sedge, a thirty-six year old drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it. The war's thrown up new 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 an idea. Criss-crossing 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... ddc BOOK 174 Sanet Schoeman 174 Sanet Schoeman 765550 765549 0 0 ddc 0 0 F STANRL NTHOL FIC 2024-07-23 220.00 0 LP EF EVAN 3322803188926 2024-07-23 2024-07-23 BOOK