Iris and Ruby: A Novel
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The bestselling author “writes with ravishing sensuality” in this saga of a wartime love that reverberates through three generations of women (The Times, London).
The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to eight-two-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 record her fading memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War II—and of her one true love 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.
“[Thomas’s] evocation of the wartime Cairo has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge . . . Touches on the varieties and nuances of love between men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives.” —Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
“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.” —Historical Novel Society
“[A] brilliant tale. Rosie Thomas is a writer whose talent shines with every page. I was lost immediately as the pages began turning and the story swallowed me up whole and took me along the two women’s journeys.” —Urban Book Reviews
The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to eight-two-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 record her fading memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War II—and of her one true love 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.
“[Thomas’s] evocation of the wartime Cairo has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge . . . Touches on the varieties and nuances of love between men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives.” —Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
“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.” —Historical Novel Society
“[A] brilliant tale. Rosie Thomas is a writer whose talent shines with every page. I was lost immediately as the pages began turning and the story swallowed me up whole and took me along the two women’s journeys.” —Urban Book Reviews
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Rosie Thomas. (2016). Iris and Ruby: A Novel. ABRAMS, Inc.
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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.
“[Thomas’s] evocation of the wartime Cairo has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge . . . Touches on the varieties and nuances of love between men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives.” —Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
“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.” —Historical Novel Society
“[A] brilliant tale. Rosie Thomas is a writer whose talent shines with every page. I was lost immediately as the pages began turning and the story swallowed me up whole and took me along the two women’s journeys.” —Urban Book Reviews - reviews
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Starred review from April 1, 2016
In the latest charming novel by globally acclaimed Thomas (Daughter of the House, 2015), Iris, 82, a retired doctor, has built a life for herself in Cairo away from her family in England. With her strength and senses fading, she drifts in and out of recollections of years spent in the city during WWII, vivid and comforting scenes of soldier-filled streets, lavish dances, and her lost love, Xan. When her granddaughter, Ruby, abruptly appears at her door, Iris is jolted out of her reveries. Edgy, feisty Ruby brings excitement and wonder back into Iris' life, and Iris reluctantly agrees to let the teen stay temporarily. In gratitude, Ruby offers to listen to Iris' tales and be her memory. In vivid flashbacks, Thomas tells the story of Iris and Xan's meeting, separations, love, and eventual loss. Meanwhile, the beauty and adventure of Egypt tugs at Ruby, and she is drawn into a relationship of her own. When Iris and Ruby set off on a dangerous desert road trip, Ruby discovers her inner resources, and the bond between them is cemented. The descriptions of Egypt past and present are lush, and Iris and Ruby's growing, cross-generational closeness is affirming. Filled with intriguing characters and evocative settings, Thomas' lovely tale will have wide appeal.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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