IRIS & RUBY by Rosie Thomas

Stiflingly quiet and claustrophobic, Iris Black's house in old Cairo is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of her troubled and wilful granddaughter, Ruby. Labouring under a fraught relationship with her family, Ruby has run away from England to seek solace with the grandmother she hasn't seen for many years.

An unlikely bond arises between them as Ruby helps Iris recall the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War 2, 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 war.

This early devastation of Iris's heart shapes her life as well as that of her daughter and her granddaughter. And it is the need to recover Iris's past and solidify Ruby's present that leads the two women into terrible danger.

Soft cover, good condition.