According to the Pattern — Grace Livingston Hill

A wife and mother has her would rocked when she finds out that her husband has become infatuated with another woman. Miriam Winthrop must pick herself up again and meet this woman on her own turf the cutting social scene of the time. Will high fashion and sophistication be enough to save her family?

Miriam Winthrop is ready to fight fire with fire. Her marriage vows were made to be kept, not empty words that now were echoing from room to room in her lonely home. Her husband, Claude, has become infatuated with another woman. To win his heart back again, Miriam must become all that "the other woman" is and more - a woman of sophistication and beauty.