Margaret Drabble’s eighteenth novel, The Pure Gold Baby, explores single motherhood and disability, through the life of anthropologist Jess, who has an affair with a professor that results in ‘pure gold baby’ Anna, a special needs child who will need Jess’s care for the rest of her life, altering its course forever in complex ways.

At this Wheeler Centre event, Ms Drabble will be in conversation with Ramona Koval. Tiffin is included in the ticket price, and those present will have a unique opportunity to share a bite and a cuppa with the great dame of literature.

For full details and bookings, visit The Wheeler Centre website.