With These Hands: A Collection

By Pam Ayres

Book Overview

'Pam Ayres is absolutely essential to British humour' Mail on Sunday

'A national treasure' Daily Express

Delighting her fans for more than four decades with her mischievous wit and wry observations, this is a classic collection of poems and monologues from Pam Ayres, which takes us back to where it all began. From the nostalgia of her 1950's childhood, conjuring up images of hand-knitted swimming costumes and suet puddings, through Pam's four years in the WRAF where she discovered the joy of performing, to poignant reflections on motherhood and watching her children grow up. With These Hands provides a profound and hilarious insight into the joys and tribulations of daily life, as recorded by the nation's favourite poet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529104955
• ISBN13: 9781529104950
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

With this smile

This collection of Pam Ayres' poems tells us how she came to be a poet before explaining the mysteries of all the things hands are used for!Pam has chosen to include some prose in which she shares with us some snapshots about her life - holidaying at Gumpy's beach, her thoughts about aging gracefully ('Will I have to be sexy at 60?'), wonderbras, the realities of keeping chickens, the feelings of parents as a child's sports team is mercilessly thrashed...the list goes on.My favourite is 'Yes, I'll marry you, my dear' which explains the practicalities of marriage from a uniquely female perspective!As in all her poetry, Pam has a special ability to make us laugh.