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LAKELAND LARKS, LAUGHTER & LUNACIES
OF AN UNMOTORISED LAKE DISTRICT WALKER
Anna Nolan
ISBN 978-1-916668-94-2
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Publication: 27 JUNE 2024
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ISBN: 9781916668942
Price: £8.99
Binding: Paperback
Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 184 pp
Illustrated: None
Thema: DNC Memoir
Author location: Cumbria
Book location: Lake District
• A quirky memoir about the travails and
tribulations of Anna Nolan’s car-less
exploration of the Lake District.
• Anna Nolan spends her time climbing the
Lakeland mountains and leads a walking
group.
• The book features a selection of photographs
from the authors personal collection
Anna Nolan is a Polish linguist, educationalist, author and satirist showcasing the beautiful landscape.
with a penchant for irreverent satire and comic verse, humour being Lakeland Larks, Laughter and Lunacies is a quirky memoir
in her DNA. Besotted with the English language, Anna worked as a poking fun at the travails and tribulations of Anna Nolan’s
teacher of English, broadcaster at the BBC, manager of public car-less exploration of the Lake District, her home and
examinations and developer of national qualifications in both playground, and reflecting her Polish ebullience.
England and Scotland. Now retired, she writes, climbs Lakeland
mountains and leads a walking group. This exuberant and frolicsome book is shot through with
humour, suffused with satire and drenched in comedy,
striving to strike a balance between her mountain
escapades and mishaps on one hand and jocular musings
and satirical asides on the other. The latter touch on a wide
range of topics including the hilarities arising out of culture
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Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk Lakeland Larks, Laughter and Lunacies is a series of
0116 279 2299 humorous anecdotes and witty digressions richly
interspersed with comic verse with no particular
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without notice. 11/01/2024 chronology, which makes it perfect for being dipped in and
out.