title: In the Bleak Midwinter
author:  Carol Rivers 
description: Mother-of-three Carol Rivers, whose family comes from the Isle of Dogs, East London, now lives in Dorset. Visit www.carolrivers.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @carol_rivers
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  Carol Rivers, whose family comes from the Isle of Dogs, East London, now lives
  in Dorset. Visit www.carolrivers.com and follow her on Facebook and
  
  
  Twitter @carol_rivers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Also by Carol Rivers_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lizzie of Langley Street
  
  
  
  
  
  Bella of Bow Street
  
  
  
  
  
  Lily of Love Lane
  
  
  
  
  
  Eve of the Isle
  
  
  
  
  
  East End Angel
  
  
  
  
  
  In the Bleak Midwinter
  
  
  
  
  
  East End Jubilee ( _previously_ Rose of Ruby Street)
  
  
  
  
  
  A Sister’s Shame
  
  
  
  
  
  Cockney Orphan ( _previously_ Connie of Kettle Street)
  
  
  
  
  
  A Wartime Christmas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2014  
  
  
  A CBS COMPANY  
  
  
  Copyright © Carol Rivers, 2014
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.  
  
  
  No reproduction without permission.  
  
  
  ® and © 1997 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of Carol Rivers to be identified as author of this work has been
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