The Pure Gold Baby

[2] The novel focuses on examining upper crust of 1960s and 70s London, through the academic and analytical perspective of the character's anthropological training.

The Guardian reviewer, Elizabeth Day, had mixed feelings about the novel noting that, "There is a tendency to dissect characters rather than coax them into full-bodied life: their actions are coolly recounted instead of being explained.

"[1] However, Day concludes that the novel "asks us to consider what it means to live a worthwhile life [... and] the result is a unique and profoundly stirring book.

"[4] Novelist Meg Wolitzer, in an NPR review, wrote that "It's definitely a low-key novel, and slightly remote, but it's also original and ultimately really affecting.

I found a kind of sombre bravery in the story of this unwavering, intelligent woman and her guileless and beautiful child.