# Doggedly Onward

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- Book: [Doggedly Onward](https://www.bookquiver.com/pam-ayres/doggedly-onward) ([Doggedly Onward.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/pam-ayres/doggedly-onward.md))
- Authors: [Pam Ayres](https://www.bookquiver.com/pam-ayres)
- Publisher: ebury_spotlight
- ISBN: 978-15-2994-472-3
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2024-10-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

‘When I look over the poems in this book, I can trace the course of my life. The various stages are all here: the young woman juggling various boyfriends, the wife adrift amid the joy and terror of new motherhood, and the astounded, adoring granny. Here is the cavalcade of much-loved dogs, the fascination with wildlife, the travel, mistakes, regrets, the heartbreaking leaving of the family home and the sober business of ageing.’ Doggedly Onward is Pam Ayres’s career-defining collected works. As Britain’s most read and adored poet, Pam has spent a lifetime bringing joy to us all, providing wise and hilarious insights into the delights and tribulations of daily life. Assembled for the first time in a single volume, Pam’s life in poems is beautifully illustrated and annotated throughout with her own reflections on six decades of making the nation laugh and cry.