{"product_id":"crooked-heart","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","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833284538573,"sku":"9780062364845","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_04828072-2de3-40fa-b15c-db6e82ef291f.jpg?v=1790815008","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/crooked-heart","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}