The Last Hedgehog (Hardback)

'When I say that Pam Ayres ought to be the Oxford Professor of Poetry, even the Poet Laureate, I am not being facetious ... Ayres uses simple verse forms - comic ballads or folk song idioms - to make poignant observations about tiresome husbands, gossiping wives, false teeth or battery hens. I find her work sweet and sour, gentle and sad, and often very moving in its wistful way' - Daily Mail 

'Her humour, which verges on the black at times, is contagious and so original' - Daily Telegraph 

'A national treasure. There are clear comparisons between Pam and Sir John Betjeman' - Daily Express 

'Pam Ayres has a quality of fun which glows ever more brightly as newer, lesser entertainers make their bid for stardom.' - The Scotsman

'Pam Ayres, the bestselling poet, writes as rhapsodically about the Wonderbra as Wordsworth did about daffodils.' - Guardian 

'Forget the corny comedian: Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life.'  Sunday Times