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When Noel Bostock-- aged ten, no family-- is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb with Vera Sedge-- a thirty-six-year-old widow drowning in debt. Always desperate for money, shes unscrupulous about how she gets it. Wise beyond his years, and raised with a disdain for authority, Noel teams up with the impulsive Vee in a world with unprecedented opportunities for making money. Together they crisscross the bombed suburbs of London, Vee making a profit, Noel regaining his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the war-- and some of them are dangerous.,