Despite the sheer pleasure that jigsaws can bring, there are other hidden benefits.I n her new book, In The Pattern In the Carpet, well known author Margaret Drabble examines how jigsaws have helped her during her most depressed stated (Drabble has been known to call the Samaritans).

This book is beautifully written, Drabble looks into the history of jigsaw puzzles in their earliest forms as dissected maps. Jigsaws were used as a teaching tool in Victorian times.

For the jigsaw puzzle enthusiast and those who are occasional assemblers of jigsaws, this, her 18th novel, will delight and transport the reader to a world far away.

It will inspire people of all ages to sit down together to do a jigsaw and for those on their own, Drabble’s book will re-enthuse them to start a puzzle.Cleverly, the author takes us on a journey back to her childhood and her visits to Auntie Phyl. She remembers the jigsaws they completed.

Drabble also writes about the importance of jigsaws in everyone’s childhoods. She describes how we rearrange objects into new patterns to make sense of our past. Drabble also writes about the importance jigsaws can play in reducing stress.

I would highly recommend this book. Drabble addresses an area in the hobby which is hard to write about. Her own personal jouney is an inspirational to us all, whether we are jigsaw puzzles enthusiasts or not.

About the Author

Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and studied at Cambridge. In 1980 she was awarded the CBE. She has written several highly acclaimed novels, most recently The Sea Lady (published by Fig Tree, 2006). She has also penned biographies, screenplays and edits The Oxford Companion to English Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd

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