Crooked Heart
‘My book of the year’ Jojo Moyes
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4.2 • 45 Ratings
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- £6.99
Publisher 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
Customer Reviews
Crooked Heart
This is a beautifully written book, the characters so well crafted that you can visualise the scenes to the extent that I found myself mentally casting the characters. In my opinion, Diane Morgan would make the perfect actress to play the character Vee.
I can’t wait to follow the story.
Not for me
I really tried with this book, but gave up half way through. I could not relate to the story as there wasn’t one.