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020			_a9781785411090
040			_aRDA _cOCLC _d3228
082			_223 _aLP EF EVAN
100			_aEvans, Lissa. _9187655
245			_aCrooked heart; _cLissa Evans.
260			_aLeicestershire; _bISIS; _c2015.
300			_a336 pages; _c23 cm.
500			_aWhen 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...
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w174 _xSanet Schoeman _y174 _zSanet Schoeman
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