Crooked Heart (eBook, ePUB)
Preis: | 11.73 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins (Evans, Lissa) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Paper Moon 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. 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, 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...
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.