Iris in Winter
by Elizabeth Cadell
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Caroline West has gone to a small country town to escape her late husband's relatives, but finds herself immediately put upon as her young sister Iris and then several other relations descend upon her. From the author of BRIDAL ARRAY and HOME FOR THE WEDDING.Tags
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Light and frothy story about life after the second world war in an English country town, possibly Yorkshire.
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- Canonical title
- Iris in Winter
- Original title
- Iris in Winter
- Original publication date
- 1951
- People/Characters
- Iris Drake; Caroline West; Michael Sheridan; Mr Swintschell; Simon Gunter; Robert Drake (show all 7); Polly Andrews
- Important places
- High Ambo
- First words
- Iris Drake added a few lines to the sketch on which she was working and studied them critically, her head on one side.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Just,' begged Lady Sheridan, 'call me Mother.'
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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- 8
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