The Resource Crooked heart, Lissa Evans, (text large print)
Crooked heart, Lissa Evans, (text large print)
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The item Crooked heart, Lissa Evans, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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. Noel's mourning his godmother, Mattie, a former suffragette. Wise beyond his years and 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. On her own, she's a disaster. With Noel, she's a team. Together they cook up a scheme. Crisscrossing the bombed suburbs of London, Vee starts to turn a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money off the war and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isn't actually safe at all..."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 417 pages
- Note
- "Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday, an imprint of Random House" -- title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781410482570
- Label
- Crooked heart
- Title
- Crooked heart
- Statement of responsibility
- Lissa Evans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. Noel's mourning his godmother, Mattie, a former suffragette. Wise beyond his years and 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. On her own, she's a disaster. With Noel, she's a team. Together they cook up a scheme. Crisscrossing the bombed suburbs of London, Vee starts to turn a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money off the war and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isn't actually safe at all..."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Evans, Lissa
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6105.V35
- LC item number
- C76 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print historical fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Orphans
- Widows
- World War, 1939-1945
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Crooked heart, Lissa Evans, (text large print)
- Note
- "Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday, an imprint of Random House" -- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 417 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410482570
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015024097
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- 910858264
- (OCoLC)910858264
- Label
- Crooked heart, Lissa Evans, (text large print)
- Note
- "Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday, an imprint of Random House" -- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 417 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410482570
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015024097
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- 910858264
- (OCoLC)910858264
Subject
- London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- England | London -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large type books
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- trueThe Reading List (RUSA): 2016
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