The Pure Gold Baby
$20.39
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2017
Summary
Laced with social and political commentary, this thought-provoking literary novel is a story of motherhood, its doubts and triumphs. The Pure Gold Baby will raise your spirits and break your heart.
Anna is the smiling child with special, unknowable qualities, who also presents profound challenges. And Jess is her charismatic single mother. Over the course of decades, we observe how much Jess loves her surprising daughter, who touches the lives of those around her.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925498974 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925498972 |
| Author: | Margaret Drabble |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Vintage Drabble.’
‘Vintage Drabble.’ * Good Weekend *
‘As meticulous as Jane Austen and as deadly as Evelyn Waugh.’
* Los Angeles Times *
‘Reading Margaret Drabble’s novels has become something of a rite of passage…Sharply observed, exquisitely companionable tales.’ * Washington Post *
‘Writers of a certain vintage often fall into one of two camps: those whose creative powers are irrevocably on the wane and those who are at the height of their game. Margaret Drabble’s 18th novel, The Pure Gold Baby, is evidence, if we needed it, that the 74-year-old British novelist, biographer and critic fits firmly in the latter category.’ * Australian *
‘Everything and nothing happens in a moving testament to love, loyalty, and friendships between women. Perhaps the real pure gold baby will know she, or he, has inspired this great writer to return to fiction with a poignant but ultimately uplifting tale.’ * Independent *
‘A magnificent novel that confirms Drabble’s status as a national treasure.’ * Daily Mail *
Margaret Drabble
Dame Margaret Drabble is the author of seventeen highly acclaimed novels. She has also written biographies and screenplays, and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list.
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