‘I reluctantly read the last page and immediately wished for more.’
Critical Acclaim
‘It has everything: humour, pathos, history, laughter, tears.’
C. McG. Perth, WA.
‘Your book is an affirmation of something or other that is probably too big to put a label on.’
P.J. Paddington, NSW.
'The world that Nicholls evokes is vivid, full of laughter, triumph and tears.’
Authortalk, Berkelouw Bookshop
‘Never a dull moment.’
50 something
‘Brian Nicholls creates an array of memorable characters. A lack of sentimentality is a strength of both McCourt’s (Angela’s Ashes) and Nicholls' memoir, but the national humour and idioms of A Saucepan in the Sky stand out as unmistakably Australian.’
Independent Scholars Association of Australia Review
‘Some of the book was comfortably close to home for me: some uncomfortably so.’
Bookchat
‘A Saucepan in the Sky has a lot more going for it than just a great title. Nicholls gets the child’s voice just right, no mean feat without getting mawkish.'
Marrickville Heritage Society Newsletter
‘Paints a vivid picture of a colourful extended family. A compelling tale.’
Sunday Age
‘An utterly readable account of a memorable ‘ordinary’ environment. Uncle Vic is a ‘funny bugger’ with a Conradian outlook. ‘Uncle’ Stan is wonderfully disreputable. A charming book…as tender a maternal portrait as you will ever read.’
Australian Book Review
‘Simple experiences imbued with charm… dilemmas presented clearly in a way that should strike chords of recognition…this is worth reading’
Canberra Times
‘Comic and loving…the reader is hooked from the beginning. You’ll want to raise your glass to Brian and his gang of relatives.'
Geelong Advertiser
‘Details the mapping of a moral universe…a wry, humorous approach to living. ‘Uncle’ Stan is my all-time favourite character – a man with a unique worldview. I thoroughly recommend it.’
Sylvia Rosenblum, East Side Radio
‘An absolutely delightful read…fascinating.’
Sally Loane, ABC Radio
'Highly entertaining.'
R.I Paddington, NSW
'What a mixture! An awkward Aussie, a few screwball mates and four fascinating women. I don't think I've ever read a book before that so revealingly describes the influence a woman can have on a man - for better and for worse!'
J.P Murrumbeena, Vic
'Many of us have memories of our own innocence abroad.'