In The Pattern in the Carpet the award-winning and beloved writer Margaret Drabble explores her own family story alongside the history of her favourite childhood pastime - the jigsaw. The result is an original and moving personal history about remembrance,growing older,the importance of play and the ways in which we make sense of our past by ornamenting our present.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786899712Number of pages: 384Weight: 256 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mmEdition: Main - Canons
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'A mature overview of a lifetime spent fitting objects together in various ways before breaking them up and beginning all over again'- The Guardian
'Touchingly human and often wise...a book with such enthusiasm for its subject matter that it makes you long to embark on your own jigsaw'- The Telegraph
'Throws poignant light on the difficult jigsaw of human life - and on how to shed harmful thought patterns and reassemble them into something less destructive'- Anita Sethi,Independent
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