IRIS AND RUBY - Softcover

Thomas, Rosie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007173547 ISBN 13: 9780007173549

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

A gripping, exotic and epic tale for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop

The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to 82-year-old Iris Black s old house in Cairo. Ruby, driven away from England by her fraught relationship with her own mother, is seeking refuge with the grandmother she hasn t seen for years.

An unlikely bond develops as Ruby helps Iris document her fading memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War Two, and of her one true love the enigmatic Captain Xan Molyneux whom she lost to the ravages of war.

This lost love shaped Iris s past and will affect Ruby s future in ways they could not have imagined...

About this title

Review:

Praise for Iris and Ruby:

‘Thomas can write with ravishing sensuality.’ KATE
SAUNDERS, The Times

‘Her evocation of the wartime [Cairo] has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge... touches on the varieties and nuances of love betweeen men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives.’ ELIZABETH BUCHAN, Daily Mail

‘Whether brilliantly conjuring the past – the colour and life of wartime Cairo, the loves and the losses, the friendships made and severed – portraying Lesley’s stifled life or capturing Ruby’s tangled emotions, Rosie Thomas creates unforgettable characters and settings. She’s a superb writer.’ Choice Magazine

‘Rosie Thomas is both a subtle and realistic author and her portrait of Iris is never less than absorbing.’ Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail

From the Publisher:

Rosie Thomas's Iris and Ruby was recently announced as the winner of the
2007 Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0007173547
• ISBN 13: 9780007173549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480