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The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
Margaret Drabble
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Description for The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
Paperback.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786899712
SKU
9781786899712
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Margaret Drabble
Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Peppered Moth, The Red Queen, The Sea Lady and most recently, the highly acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
Engrossing . . . Blends family history and reflection with social and cultural history to reveal the novelist's passion for jigsaws . . . Moving and candid . . . Fascinating
Observer
A mature overview of a lifetime spent fitting objects together in various ways before breaking them up and beginning all over again ... Read more
Observer
A mature overview of a lifetime spent fitting objects together in various ways before breaking them up and beginning all over again ... Read more