
With Your Crooked Heart by Helen Dunmore
With Your Crooked Heart introduces Louise, a tough and introspective Londoner trapped in a subtle battle between two brothers. Paul and Johnnie were born twelve years apart, in a one-bedroom flat in a dingy London suburb. Their ascent to money and power looks easy from a distance, but the seductive brothers burn those who get too close. When Paul marries Louise, Johnnie is part of the contract, and their daughter, Anna, is tangled in it from birth.
Paul deals in the development of contaminated land; self-destructive Johnnie deals in crime. When Johnnie has to flee the country, Louise goes with him. Their trip sets in motion inevitabilities that have smoldered beneath the surface from the beginning, a dire and redemptive chain of events that devastates every branch of this crooked family tree.
Format: Paperback | 256 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15 x 1.9 | 336g
Publication Date: 01 Oct 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
Imprint: Viking
Publication City/Country: Middlesex, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0670888990
ISBN13: 9780670888993
Condition: Very Good
A vintage book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. Some minor damage to the cover, including minor scuff marks on the back cover. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.