When Noel Bostockaged ten, no familyis evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb northwest of the city with Vera Sedgea thirty-six-year-old widow drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, shes unscrupulous about how she gets it.Eccentrically educated and raised with a disdain for authority, Noel 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 wars provided unprecedented opportunities for making money, but what Vee needs is a cool head and the ability to make a plan. On her own, shes a disaster. With Noel, shes a team.Together, they cook up a scheme. . . .
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