The Pure Gold Baby

Extraordinary and intriguing -- SADIE JONES * * author of The Outcast * *
The Pure Gold Baby is an unexpected gift from a great author. 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. Fortunately for us, Drabble has spent a lifetime doing just that in exquisitely written prose -- ALICE SEBOLD * * author of The Lovely Bones * *
Moving and meditative -- MEG WOLITZER * * New Yorker * *
Superb ... a richly complex narrative voice achieves a choric magnificence hardly equalled in her earlier work -- Stevie Davies * * Independent * *
Involving and unexpectedly rich . . . a magnificent novel that confirms Drabble's status as a national treasure * * Daily Mail * *
Subtle . . . The cadences of the prose, the kind of language used, the words that are chosen, echo the passing of the years . . . absorbing -- Kirsty Gunn * * Financial Times * *
Its prose has an almost folkloric quality . . . Characters, plotlines and themes swirl and proliferate -- Alex Clark * * Observer * *
Drabble's intelligence and compassion make it a hugely rewarding read * * Mail on Sunday * *
A unique and profoundly stirring book -- Elizabeth Day * * Observer * *
Written with compassion and bathed in a poignant glow * * Stylist * *