ASB
's mother, Kathleen Marie (Bloor) Drabble
, was a schoolteacher and a graduate of Newnham College
, Cambridge.
Kelly, Kathleen Coyne. A.S. Byatt. Twayne, 1996.
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Myer, Valerie Grosvenor. Margaret Drabble: A Reader’s Guide. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Drabble
MD
's mother, Marie (Bloor) Drabble
, came from a working-class background, was educated at Newnham College
, Cambridge, and became a schoolteacher. She was not a very friendly or social person,
qtd. in
Hattersley, Roy. “The Darling of Hampstead”. The Guardian, 26 June 1999, pp. 6-7.