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 Iris and Ruby - Rosie Thomas
 Iris and Ruby - Rosie Thomas ... 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.Newest Review: ... all the facets that made her characters leap from the page as real people. It is here that writers sometimes fail, and Rosie ... more ... Thomas did an amazingly good job of description of not only the physical appearance of the characters, but the whole background that developed them into the images that I, as a reader, saw as worthy of merit.
I liked the characters, was warmed to them, and sensed the reality of their reality, both in difficult situations and both attempting to reach some kind of acceptance of who they were. Delving back into the past, Iris recalls her life, and much of the book is written from the point of view of Iris as the mainstay...more |
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Iris and Ruby - Rosie Thomas: Generations apart (983 words)
by - written on 12/03/07 (Very useful, 728 readings)
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I had read other works by Rosie Thomas in the past and had been disappointed with the experience, and thought I would give someone who is heralded as successful and certainly seems very popular another chance, and am very glad I did. Iris and Ruby writes a very well woven story, and tells of the relationship between two ladies, both of different generations, interacting with each other to create a whole picture. Many writers have tried to do this and have failed, though the pages of this book take you on a very worthwhile journey, and one that can best be summed up by saying that it deals with two very human aspects, looking back in an attempt to remember the ... Read the complete review
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