Margaret Drabble, The Pattern in the Carpet
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Margaret Drabble explores the history of the jigsaw alongside her own personal pursuit of what Boswell called ‘the innocent soothing relief from melancholy’ found in puzzles and board games.
As Drabble recounts her own intimate childhood memories, she shares an astonishing amount o quixotic information and with a paradoxical sense of delight, resulting in a startling and original exploration of how we rearrange the world into patterns, to both make sense of our past and ornament our present.
I really enjoyed this book. I love the period setting.