Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most app… - Margaret Drabble

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Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

Margaret Drabble

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Dame Margaret Drabble DBE (born 5 June 1939) is an English novelist, biographer and literary critic.

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Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. - Margaret Drabble

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