. . . . "A foundling, Rebecca is raised by emotionally distant foster parents. It is not until she is an adult that Rebecca feels anchored, first by a deep connection to her London flatmate, and later by her marriage to a doctor. But when tragedy strikes their young daughter Ruby, Rebecca feels her connection to life slipping away."@en . . . "Mourning Ruby (unabridged)"@en . "A foundling, Rebecca is raised by foster parents who are emotionally distant. It is not until she is an adult that Rebecca feels anchored, first by a deep friendship with her London flatmate, and later by her marriage to a doctor. But when tragedy strikes their young daughter, Ruby, Rebecca feels her connection to life slipping away." . "A foundling, Rebecca is raised by foster parents who are emotionally distant. It is not until she is an adult that Rebecca feels anchored, first by a deep friendship with her London flatmate, and later by her marriage to a doctor. But when tragedy strikes their young daughter, Ruby, Rebecca feels her connection to life slipping away."@en . . . "Talking books"@en . "Talking books" . . . . . . . . "Compact discs"@en . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . "This novel of interlocking stories tells of Stalin's first wife; of the loss of a child and its effect on three people; and gives an account of a young girl's life in a brothel during WW1." . . "Psychological Fiction" . . "Mourning Ruby is a novel of interlocking stories, each one opening to reveal another. It tells not only the story of the loss of a child and its effect on three people, but an account of a young girl's life in the brothel during WWI, the magical story of a circus acrobat, and the history of Stalin's first wife and her mysterious fate. Hugely moving and strongly plotted, it deals with memory, history, imagination, and ultimately the most important relationship in any novel." . . "Mourning Ruby [sound recording]" . . . . . "A foundling, Rebecca is raised by foster parents who are emotionally distant. It is not until she is an adult that Rebecca feels anchored, first by a deep friendship with her London flatmate, and later by her marriage to a doctor." . "Psychological fiction"@en . "Psychological fiction" . . . . . . . . "Mourning Ruby"@en . "Mourning Ruby" . . . . . . . "England" . .