Roberts was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, but raised raised in Edgware, Middlesex and educated at a convent, expecting to become a nun, before reading English at Somerville College, Oxford, where she lost her Catholic faith.
Roberts was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Roberts was raised raised in Edgware, Middlesex and educated at a convent, expecting to become a nun. This was before reading English at Somerville College. Somerville College was Oxford. She lost her Catholic faith.