Crooked Heart

<p><em>Paper Moon</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>On her own she's a disaster. With Noel she's a team.</p><p>Together 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. . . . </p>