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
  asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and
  Patents Act, 1988.
  
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