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Also by Margaret Drabble:

The Pure Gold Baby, October 2013
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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman, May 2011
Hardcover
The Pattern in the Carpet, September 2009
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THE PATTERN IN THE CARPET
By: Margaret Drabble

A Personal History with Jigsaws

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
September 2009
On Sale: September 16, 2009
368 pages
ISBN: 0547241445
EAN: 9780547241449
Hardcover
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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

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Morning Edition - December 4, 2009