A promise between friends

By Carol Rivers

1953: Pretty, ambitious, 19-year-old Ruby Payne and her lifelong friend Kath Rigler are eager to enjoy their post-war independence. Moving away from home to a flat in the East End of London is a ch...

A promise between friends

By Carol Rivers

1953: Pretty, ambitious, 19-year-old Ruby Payne and her lifelong friend Kath Rigler are eager to enjoy their post-war independence. Moving away from home to a flat in the East End of London is a ch...

In the Bleak Midwinter

By CAROL RIVERS IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

East End Angel Pa

By Carol Rivers

Promise Between Friends Pa

By Carol Rivers

Together for Christmas

By Carol Rivers

August 1914, London. Britain has just declared war on Germany, and the whole country seems to be in uproar. Flora, Hilda and Will, who grew up together in St Boniface orphanage sit in the sunshine...

Together for Christmas

By Carol Rivers

August 1914, London. Britain has just declared war on Germany, and the whole country seems to be in uproar. Flora, Hilda and Will, who grew up together in St Boniface orphanage sit in the sunshine...

The fight for Lizzie Flowers

By Carol Rivers

Lizzie Flowers has had a hard life but she is still full of true East End grit. In the bleak years after World War I her family faced desperate times and deep tensions split them apart, but when ba...

Lily of Love Lane

By Carol Rivers

1930, the Isle of Doga. Young Lily Bright works long hours on the market stall, selling furniture and bric-a-brac in order to make ends meet. When a handsome stranger approaches in search of a barg...

Eve of the isle

By Carol Rivers

January 1928, the Isle of Dogs. Following the mysterious disappearance of her sailor husband (missing, presumed drowned), young widow Eve Kumar struggles to provide for herself and her twin sons. B...