Margaret Drabble speaks about her new novel The Pure Gold Baby

Author says she 'plucked up courage' to show the world her tale based on special needs and a family she knew

It was five years ago that Margaret Drabble told her publisher she was finished with fiction, that she would not be writing any more novels. "I just found myself restless without a book on the go it keeps me company," she said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival she talked about her change of heart, explaining why she had spent five years quietly working on a novel "not showing it to anybody" which was published last autumn to some acclaim.

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