Iris and Ruby

While reading Rosie Thomas' book, Iris and Ruby, I was transported from a winter in Minnesota to Cairo, Egypt. That was a pleasant mental trip because the sun in hot and the desert is dry. Iris is the grandmother of Ruby. Iris is a retired physician living in Cairo. During world war two Iris went to Cairo to work as a secretary for the military. After the war she trained as a doctor. Now she is retired and starting to loose her memory. Without warning Ruby, her granddaughter, shows up at the door. Ruby escaped her life in England. As Ruby and Iris get to know each other, both women find the support and love they need to grow and make progress. I loved this novel as it traveled back and forth between the current times and the world war two times.