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Iris and Ruby

By: Rosie Thomas
Narrated by: Rula Lenska
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Summary
 A story of love, loss, and the distance between three generations of one family, this novel centres on Iris and Ruby, a grandmother and her granddaughter, as they try and make sense of their respective lives.©2007 Rosie Thomas (P)2014 Audible, Inc. 20th Century Contemporary Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Modern Women's Fiction

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"Thomas can write with ravishing sensuality." (The Times)
"Rosie Thomas is both a subtle and realistic author and her portrait of Iris is never less than absorbing." (Daily Mail)
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