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Iris and Ruby Book

Stiflingly quiet, Iris Black's Cairo house is suddenly disturbed by the arrival of her troubled and wilful granddaughter, Ruby. Teenage Ruby has run away from England to seek solace with the grandmother she hasn't seen for many years. This title offers a story of mothers, daughters and the distance between three generations of one family.Read More

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    Rich and alive with descriptions of the bustling streets of old Cairo and the vast foreboding desert surrounding it -- 'Iris and Ruby' is a stirring story of mothers daughters and the distance between three generations of one family. Stiflingly quiet and claustrophobic Iris Black's Cairo house is suddenly disturbed by the unexpected arrival of her troubled and wilful granddaughter Ruby. Teenage Ruby has run away from England to seek solace with the grandmother she hasn't seen for many years. An unlikely bond is formed as the two open themselves up to one another. Ruby helps Iris document her deteriorating memories of the glittering cosmopolitan Cairo of World War Two a time when she lost her heart to her one true love -- the enigmatic Captain Xan Molyneux -- and then lost him to the ravages of the war. Iris' early devastation shapes her own heart and that of her daughter and granddaughter in turn.- and leads the two women into terrible danger in the Egyptian desert.

  • Foyles

    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…

  • BookDepository

    Iris and Ruby : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007173549 : : 07 Aug 2006 : A gripping, exotic and epic tale for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop

  • 0007173547
  • 9780007173549
  • Rosie Thomas
  • 4 September 2006
  • Harper
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 400
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