The Pure Gold Baby: A Novel

By: Margaret Drabble

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Synopsis: An &“achingly wise&” novel about the challenges of motherhood: &“Admirers of Marilynne Robinson will find themselves very much at home in this book&” (The Wall Street Journal). Jessica Speight, an anthropologist in 1960s London, is at the beginning of a promising academic career when an affair turns her into a single mother. Baby Anna is delightful—but with time it becomes clear that she is different from other children. Told from the point of view of Jess&’s fellow mothers, this is a movingly intimate look at the unexpected transformations at the heart of motherhood. &“How do we treat the child who walks among us in a different way than most? In Margaret Drabble&’s hands the answer is with a depth of empathy few master.&” —Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones &“Moving and meditative . . . I found a kind of somber bravery in the story of this unwavering, intelligent woman and her guileless and beautiful child.&” —Meg Wolitzer, NPR&’s All Things Considered &“The Pure Gold Baby is a closely observed group portrait of female friends, a patient insight into the joys and pains of motherhood, and an image of how society has changed and how it has not.&” —Harper&’s Magazine

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