Product Description

Pam Ayres is one of our most widely-adored poets throughout the world and is nothing less than a national treasure. Her work is popular with fans of all ages, and her wry observations on the peculiarities of modern life will raise a smile from even the most hardened cynic. This new collection is a must-have for Pam’s many fans – and for anyone who enjoys beautifully crafted stories and poems to make you laugh and make you think.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55212 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
'There are clear comparisons between Pam and Sir John Betjeman' (Daily Express )

'Observant, mocking, gently thought-provoking. SURGICALLY ENHANCED . . . is one of her best'

(Daily Telegraph )

‘Engrossing and wonderfully evocative . . . better than ever before. SURGICALLY ENHANCED is Ayres at her heartiest. Always therapeutic – good for our hearts and souls – and always there to bring a glow to the cheeks and a tear to the eye.’

(Sydney Morning Herald )

‘You can’t help but warm to Ayres’s humorous and wry take on life’

(Launceston Examiner )

'There are clear comparisons between Pam and Sir John Betjeman' (Daily Express )

'Observant, mocking, gently thought-provoking. SURGICALLY ENHANCED . . . is one of her best'

(Daily Telegraph )

Number one poetry bestseller of 2007. 'And still she goes on. Eat your hearts out Heaney and Motion.' (The Times )

About the Author
It’s over 30 years since Pam first appeared on the TV talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks’, and since then her comic poems have contributed enormously to the wider appeal today of all forms of poetry. Many of Pam’s poems feature in anthologies used in schools around the world. She’s been a regular on TV and Radio over the years – on BBC Radio 2 with her own series, The Comedy Quiz, Pam Ayres’ Sunday Afternoon and Pam Ayres’ Open Road, and on Radio 4 in Just A Minute, That Reminds Me, The Right Time, Wireless Wise, and her own recent Radio 4 series Ayres On The Air. She was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2004.

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Customer Reviews

Brilliant
A brilliant read poetry to make you laugh, her style is always quirky I wish I could write as she. I would recommend to any one who needs a little light entertainment. I can still see her renditions from years ago and always believed she was the female version of Benny Hill with her facial expressions as she recited her works.

Oh what a joy!
I'm usually into thrillers but saw Pam Ayres promoting her book on the TV and asked my husband to get it for me as one of my Christmas presents, saying that I could do with a giggle.

Well, what can I say? First thing that struck me was that whilst reading it, (to myself, not even out loud), I found that I was reading it with an endearing Pam Ayres accent! Couldn't help myself and it just made it all so much more real somehow.

Her tales of times growing up brought back lots of lovely memories of my own happy childhood. Wish I'd known about that handy trick to catch crayfish though, love those.

All the tales are just so what could happen to any of us and probably has or will at some point in our lives but she just has such a wonderful way of expressing them.

I foolishly started reading this just before bedtime and naturally couldn't put it down until it was finished. Resulting in some very strange sideways glances from my almost sleeping husband as I tried to stifle my chuckles once I'd made it up to bed with the book.

This was a real pleasure to read and some welcome light relief from my usual genre of thrillers. I've never read any Pam Ayres books before, but will certainly be reading more in future. I'm sure her older works are equally as laughable.

Our National Treasure!
Isn't Pam Ayres wonderful! What a National Treasure!! These bite-sized reads, whether poem or prose, ring with her Oxfordshire accent and the twinkle in her eye. As a fine reflection of the quirks of middle-aged life, I hope my wife will forgive me for giving her this title for Christmas.