Following her mother's untimely death, market trader's daughter Lizzie Allen is facing desperate times. Her father Tom, crippled in the fighting during WWI, has been left a broken and bitter man; her elder brother Vinnie is in serious trouble with the local hard man; her two younger sisters are in danger of being taken into care, and her sweetheart Danny is heading for Australia to seek his fortune. Determined to keep her family together, yet unable to escape the poverty and degradation of the slums, the heartbroken Lizzie is tricked into marriage by Danny's unscrupulous brother, Frank. Will she ever find the strength to protect her family from the underworld thugs who monopolise the Isle of Dogs? Can she escape her increasingly unhappy and violent marriage? And will she ever be reunited with her one true love, former barrow boy, Danny Flowers?
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Mother-of-three Carol Rivers, whose family comes from the Isle of Dogs, East London, now lives in Dorset. Visit www.carolrivers.com
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Richards
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Carol Rivers is a great writer. Her books portray a very true account of how East End life would have been for the characters in her books, I know, as I was born and bred on the Isle of Dogs. I can guarantee if you read this book, you will want to read the rest, and I hope, many more to come. You don't have to be an 'Eastender' to enjoy these books.
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By PABurridge
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I loved all of Carol Rivers books.She really brings the Isle of Dogs to life and her stories are fascinating.In Lizzie of Langley Street I was gripped from the beginning to the end and loved the happy ending after all Lizzie's hardships.
By VJoyceN.
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As usual, Carol Rivers story makes you to want to keep reading & not put book down. It@s fascinating to read how life was in the East-end of London.!
By Mrs. W. Reed
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For anyone who likes reading books By Josephine Cox, Dilly Court or Katy Flynn you will love Carole Rivers, I bought one of her books for 30p at a boot sale and enjoyed it so much I looked for another now I have read every book she has written so you could say I am a fan, I am reading her lastest at the moment and will continue to look on Amazon for her future books
By jo
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I brought this book after reading reviews on here about Carol Rivers, and the reviews were certainly correct. Lizzie of langley street is a fantastic book. I was gripped from the first page, I loved the fact that the story is not sugar coated, and it showed the ugly side of life aswell. The characters were portrayed brillantly, and you really felt their pain and joy. This is Carol Rivers first novel, and I will be now purchasing all of her books. I would highly recommend this book and also this author.
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