V for Victory, Lissa Evans
V for Victory, Lissa Evans
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V for Victory
A Novel

Author: Lissa Evans

Narrator: Lucy Briers

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart, the life of lies a small time scammer and her adopted son have constructed in London becomes endangered during the tumultuous final months of World War II. It’s late 1944. Hitler’s rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. The Allies are gaining ground, but victory is certainly dragging its feet.In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is barely scraping by with a herd of lodgers to feed and her young charge Noel, almost fifteen now, to clothe and educate. When she witnesses an accident and finds herself in court, the repercussions are both unexpectedly marvelous and potentially disastrous. Because Vee is not actually the person she’s pretending to be, and neither is Noel.Victory is coming. Yet the end of the war won’t just mean peace, but discovery . . .  With caustic wit and artful storytelling, Lissa Evans summons a time when the world could finally hope to emerge from the chaos of war. As witty as Old Baggage and poignant as Crooked Heart, V for Victory once again reveals Evans to be one of the most original and entertaining writers at work today.

About Lissa Evans

Lissa Evans has written internationally bestselling books for both adults and children, including Crooked Heart, Old Baggage, and Their Finest Hour and a Half, which was made into the feature film Their Finest. Her books have twice been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She lives in London with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on May 14, 2021

I have read and loved two books by Lisa’s Evans, Crooked Heart and Old Baggage, and V for Victory is the stunning follow-up to these two books. You can read it on its own, but it’s so special to read it after the other two because of the richly drawn characters. Vee and Noel are living in a tumultuo......more

Goodreads review by Louise on August 19, 2020

London 1944. In a large house in Hemstead Heath, Vee Sedge is just about scraping by. She takes in lodges so that she can feed, clothe and educate her young charge, Noel. She witnesses a road accident and finds herself in court. But this could be potentially disastrous for Vee and Noel as neither of......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on January 06, 2021

Having heard Lissa Evans on a few episodes of the wonderful Backlisted podcast I was keen to sample one of her books and so it was that I read V for Victory (2020). Lissa's thorough research shines through in the wonderful sense of time (1944) and place (London) as V-2 rockets fall on the city, somet......more

Goodreads review by Emma on December 17, 2020

I adore the books I’ve read by Lisa Evans about life on the home front in World War II. I love Vera and Noel and my heart ached for Noel when he met Sim and then what followed.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 28, 2022

The follow-up novel to the heartwarming Crooked Heart, V for Victory centers around Vera Sledge, caretaker of sorts of fifteen-year-old Noel Bostock. It’s London, 1944, and the war is winding toward Allied victory, but not before V-2 rockets pelt the city. Vera (“Vee,” as she’s known to Noel), assum......more

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