Pure Gold Baby

"Achingly wise . . . Admirers of Marilynne Robinson will find themselves very much at home in this book." --Wall Street Journal

Jessica Speight, an anthropologist in 1960s London, is at the beginning of a promising academic career when an affair leaves her a single mother. Anna is delightful--a pure gold baby. But as it becomes clear that Anna is not a normal child, the book circles questions of responsibility, potential, even age, with Margaret Drabble's characteristic intelligence and wit. Told from the point of view of Jess's fellow mothers, The Pure Gold Baby is a movingly intimate look at the unexpected transformations at the heart of motherhood.

Author: Margaret Drabble
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544228030

About the Author

MARGARET DRABBLE is the author of numerous works of both fiction and nonfiction, including The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, and The Needle's Eye. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, Drabble was made a Dame of the English Empire.