{"product_id":"crooked-heart-9780062364845b","title":"Crooked Heart","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn her own, she’s a disaster. With Noel, she’s a team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. . . .","brand":"HarperPerennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42823785971792,"sku":"9780062364845B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780062364845-l.jpg?v=1785893907","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/crooked-heart-9780062364845b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}