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I really liked the subtext as well as the story.

Your book has helped me understand the men in my life so much more… and recognise the enormous value of parenting and mentoring the unique nature of boys.

An absolutely delightful read…fascinating.

I’m definitely going to be reading your book over and over because as well as the history behind it there are the constant stories of mischief and humour.

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.

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.

Philosophical but not academic. A good read. A tribute to women.

I laughed the whole afternoon as I read it. How delightful in this grim world to find such humour.

The world that Nicholls evokes is vivid, full of laughter, triumph and tears.

I enjoyed A Saucepan in the Sky immensely – it stirred filed-away memories and refreshed the affection held for early relationships.

Paints a vivid picture of a colourful extended family. A compelling tale.

It has everything: humour, pathos, history, laughter, tears.