Hello, Cruel Heart

Name: Hello, Cruel Heart
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Maureen Johnson
ISBN: 9781368077088

Author: Maureen Johnson

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 04/06/2021

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Fashion & Beauty

Synopsis

An electric new story of teenage Cruella de Vil in an original novel inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Studios Live Action Film, Cruella.Swinging London, Summer 1967. Sixteen-year-old Estella, gifted with talent, ingenuity, and ambition, dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer. But life seems intent on making sure her dreams never come true. Having arrived in London as a young girl, Estella now runs wild through the city streets with Jasper and Horace, amateur thieves who double as Estella's makeshift family and partners-in-(petty)-crime. How can Estella dedicate herself to joining the ranks of the London design elite when she's sewing endless costumes and disguises for the trio's heists?When a chance encounter with Magda and Richard Moresby-Plum, two young scions of high society, vaults Estella into the world of the rich and famous, she begins to wonder whether she might be destined for more after all. Suddenly, Estella's days are filled with glamorous parties, exclusive eateries, flirtations with an up-and-coming rock star, and, of course, the most cutting-edge fashions money can buy. But what is the true cost of keeping up with the fast crowd-and is it a price Estella is willing to pay?

About Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, The Name of the Star, Suite Scarlett, and Truly Devious. Visit her at MaureenJohnsonBooks.com, MaureenJohnsonBooks on Tumblr, or @MaureenJohnson on Twitter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 26, 2021

Once upon a time Cruella deVil was not a villanelle! She was just 16 years old orphan girl who tries to survive by stealing things at Swinging London in sixties! And her name is Estella who has been taught the crafts of being a skillful thief by her two accomplices Horace and Jasper who also share t......more

Goodreads review by La Crosse County Library on June 11, 2021

"Estella didn't cry. She hardened." I think those lines from late in the story sum up the heart of this new teen novel by Maureen Johnson. According to her website, Hello, Cruel Heart is "an original novel inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Studios live action film Cruella." Since I'd recently s......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on June 24, 2022

Review coming soon.......more

Goodreads review by Lady on October 06, 2021

Cruella de Vil's back story? Sign me up. The book follows sixteen-year-old Estella in the summer of 1967 in London and how even as a street rat, she had a talent equaling top dressmakers. While she only stole to survive, she couldn't help but steal dress material to try some new designs on. She meet......more

Goodreads review by Shannara on April 30, 2024

I really enjoyed this read!! I wasn’t sure I was going to because Cruella is one of my least favorite villains. As in, I just don’t even think of her. I love Mother Gothel, the evil sea witch, and Malificent the most I think, but Cruella is way down the list. So it’s crazy that I liked this so much!......more