The Pattern In The Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws

Drabble, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0547386095 / ISBN 13: 9780547386096

Published by Harper Perennial (edition Reprint), 2010

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pattern In The Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
• Publisher: Harper Perennial (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547386095
• ISBN 13: 9780547386096
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws is an original and brilliant work. Margaret Drabble weaves her own story into a history of games, in particular jigsaws, which have offered her and many others relief from melancholy and depression. Alongside curious facts and discoveries about jigsaw puzzles -- did you know that the 1929 stock market crash was followed by a boom in puzzle sales? -- Drabble introduces us to her beloved Auntie Phyl, and describes childhood visits to the house in Long Bennington on the Great North Road, their first trip to London together, the books they read, the jigsaws they completed. She offers penetrating sketches of her parents, her siblings, and her children; she shares her thoughts on the importance of childhood play, on art and writing, on aging and memory. And she does so with her customary intelligence, energy, and wit. This is a memoir like no other.

About the Author

MARGARET DRABBLE is the author of The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.