Iris and Ruby - Hardcover

Thomas, Rosie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1468302639 ISBN 13: 9781468302639

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2016

Synopsis

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 by her fraught relationship with her own mother to run away from England, is seeking refuge with the grandmother she hasn't seen for years.An unlikely bond develops between them, as Ruby helps Iris to record her fading memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War II, and of her one true love--the enigmatic Captain Xan Molyneux--whom she lost to the ravages of conflict.This long-ago love has shaped Iris's life, and, as becomes increasingly apparent, those of her daughter and her granddaughter. And it is to affect them all, again, in ways they could not have imagined.

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Review:

The pairing of these two women, at opposite life stages, shows how the generations can heal one another while discovering more about themselves...Lovely to read.

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: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1468302639
• ISBN 13: 9781468302639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416