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Brought to you by Penguin.

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2015.

When Noel Bostock - aged 10, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - 36, 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....

©2014 Lissa Evans (P)2020 Penguin Audio 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War
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Beautifully read. I enjoyed every minute! Thank you Lucy Briers for bringing such a great book to life so well.

Wonderful

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Whereas the prequal, Old Baggage, was a smash hit with me this book did not have the same impact. A good listen and brilliant performance, Historically relevant from the emotional and back-stories of WW2 citizens.

Second in this trilogy

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Thoroughly enjoyable! The second book in Lissa Evans’ trilogy. I’m so glad to have discovered her.

Lovely.

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The characters in this book are well observed. Loveable and flawed in equal measure. I found myself researching further into wartime scams.
Narration was perfect.
Perfect read,

I’ll listen to this over and over.

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The story was very interesting and gave another perspective on wartime Britain , I enjoyed it very much .

Very interesting storyline

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