The Pure Gold Baby (Hardcover) by Margaret Drabble

from Davida.Chazan

The Anthropology of Motherhood Anna seemed like a normal baby when she was born to her unwed mother Jess. As she grew, she seemed ultimately happy. She was the type of child who glowed from within. So when Jess realized that Anna wasn't normal, that she'd never learn to read or do math, she decid...

from Iudita

This story is about the social conscience and moral compass of a generation. It covers big topics like art, medicine, relationships, education and mental health. It is well paced and the writing is good (perhaps not to my liking but still very good). However I had some major issues with it. Readi...

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I wound up reading The Pure Gold Baby, because I read The Dark Flood Rises and then realized that I had missed a couple of Margaret Drabble's recent novels, though she's one of my favorite novelists, and I wrote about her work in my dissertation. I've let this lapse happen, because I think, in g...

from froxgirl

I always mix up Margaret Drabble (Brit) and Anne Tyler (American) but in the race for favorites, Tyler wins because of her gentle humor. This Margaret Drabble book is a gentle read, a tribute to mother, child, and narrator, and to the 1960s and onward in Britain. Much to like but not too much to ...

from bodachliath

A readable and interesting story centring on changing attitudes to mental illness and learning difficulties since the 1960s