Rosie Thomas 2-Book Collection One

Two of Rosie Thomas’s best-loved titles, IRIS AND RUBY and CONSTANCE, packaged together for the first time as an ebook set.

IRIS AND RUBY tells the story of mothers, daughters and the distance between three generations of one family. Stiflingly quiet and claustrophobic, Iris Black’s house is Cairo is suddenly disturbed by the unexpected arrival of her troubled and wilful teenage granddaughter, Ruby. Ruby has run away from England to seek solace with the grandmother she hasn’t seen for many years. As she helps Iris document her deteriorating memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War Two, an unlikely bond is formed.

In CONSTANCE, Connie Thorne was a foundling, a child left by her mother for strangers to find. Forty years on, she has put all her energy into creating a flawless shell for herself. Her sister Jeanette is her opposite in every way, yet they both fell in love with the same man, causing a huge rift between them. Years later, Jeanette contacts Connie to tell her she is dying. Can they put the past behind them and make their peace?

Reviews

Acclaim for IRIS AND RUBY:

‘Thomas can write with ravishing sensuality’ The Times

‘Her evocation of the wartime [Cairo] has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge…touches on the variety and nuances of love between men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives’ Daily Mail

‘Rosie Thomas creates unforgettable characters and settings. She’s a superb writer.’ Choice

Acclaim for CONSTANCE:

‘A lust and sweeping voyage of self-discovery’ Daily Mail

‘Heart-rending and beautifully written… You cannot fail to be moved’ Daily Express

‘Thomas can write with ravishing sensuality’ The Times

About the author

Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellers The Kashmir Shawl, Sun at Midnight, Iris and Ruby and Constance. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She lives in London.