Crooked Heart - Hardcover

"I try not to say, 'If there's one novel you should read this summer..' but Crooked Heart tempts me to say it."--Scott Simon, NPR

"Wonderful."--Boston Globe

"Glorious. I loved every line of this book."--Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train

"Evans' exceptionally engaging "Crooked Heart" brings effervescent wit and oddball whimsy to a venerable formula....The entire novel is a joy from start to finish: briskly paced, taut and snappy with humor and, ultimately, sweet."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"At the crooked heart of this lovely novel is an odd-couple relationship reminiscent of Moses and Addie in the film Paper Moon, between an odd, clever, and lonely boy and a dodgy, desperate woman. Their reliance on each other is credible, touching and funny."--Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity and About a Boy

"I loved this book. Lissa Evans is a wonderful writer; Vee and Noel are utter originals, and their journey made me laugh and cry."--Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You

"In 'Crooked Heart, ' Lissa Evans's absorbing and atmospheric comic novel, another quietly heroic orphan joins the canon....This is a wonderfully old-fashioned Dickensian novel, with satisfying plot twists....Both darkly funny and deeply touching....It's a crooked journey, straight to the heart."--New York Times Book Review

"The most purely charming read of the summer.... The novel's heart may be crooked, but it is completely in the right place. And if wanting a happy ending for this offbeat pair is wrong, I can't imagine a reader on earth who would want to be right."--Christian Science Monitor

"A heartwarming tale about a lonely young boy and a cunning middle-aged woman who find solace in each other."--Nylon

"Crooked Heart explores the Blitz during World War II from two utterly inventive perspectives.... A charming, slanted counterpoint to Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See."--Library Journal, starred review