A Promise Between Friends (34 page)

Carol Rivers, whose family comes from the Isle of Dogs, East London, now lives in Dorset. Visit
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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

Together for Christmas

The Fight for Lizzie Flowers

First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2016
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Copyright © Carol Rivers, 2016

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