Iris and Ruby - Hardcover

Thomas, Rosie

3.9

3,064 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007173539 ISBN 13: 9780007173532

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

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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...

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Review:

Praise for Rosie Thomas:

‘Rosie Thomas writes with beautiful, effortless prose, and shows a rare compassion and a real understanding of the nature of love.’ The Times

‘Honest and absorbing, Rosie Thomas mixes the bitter and the hopeful with the knowledge that the human heart is far more complicated than any rule suggests.’ Mail on Sunday

‘Thomas’s novels are beautifully written. This one is a treat.’ Marie Claire

From the Publisher:

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

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