East End Angel
East End Angel book cover

East End Angel

Paperback – February 8, 2011

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Price
$13.95
Format
Paperback
Pages
512
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1847398420
Dimensions
5 x 1.3 x 8 inches
Weight
12 ounces

Description

About the Author Carol Rivers is the author of seven novels.

Features & Highlights

  • June 1941, Isle of Dogs, London.
  • In the dark days following the Blitz, happiness visits young Pearl Jenkins as she celebrates her marriage to Jim Nesbitt. But what should be a joyful occasion is marred when a fight breaks out between Jim and Ricky Winters, an unwelcome visitor from Pearl's past. And to Pearl's horror, the new beau of her wayward younger sister Ruby. Increasingly uneasy at staying at home when other men are off fighting for their country, Jim enlists, leaving Pearl at home—alone, pregnant, and at Ricky's mercy. Together, Pearl and Ruby must bring up baby Cynthia while struggling to make ends meet and dodge the airbombers. And all the time, Pearl must hide the dark secret she harbors, one which would tear the two sisters apart as well as her marriage. Then tragedy strikes both on the home front and in the trenches and Pearl is forced to fight like never before to keep her family safe.

Customer Reviews

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A nice East End read

Even in war-time Pearl Jenkins find joy when she weds Jim Nesbitt. But the war is not the only thing that brings a dark cloud over her happy day. The un-welcome site is Ricky Winters a young man from her past, a past that Jim does not know about. And now Ricky is seeing Pearl's younger sister Ruby. When Jim decides to join up, Pearl is left to deal with the homefront and Ricky.
"East End Angel" by Carol Rivers is a okay read. I thought that that the story moved at a pretty decent pace. The reason that I didn't not give the book 4 stars because the main reason for all the conflict is that the character didn't talk to each other and after a while it seemed silly. Overall though, "East End Angel" was a nice and easy read.

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