Critical Acclaim
I absolutely enjoyed your book and couldn’t put it down. I had so many laughs along the way.
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!
This is the first time in my long life that I have felt IMPELLED to convey to a writer my opinion of his/her work. I began reading A Saucepan in the Sky at 6 am and finished it at 11.30 am. Couldn’t put it down. Haven’t been able to do anything else since then except think about it and read extracts to my husband over tea and lunch breaks.
An absolutely delightful read from beginning to end. Funny, moving, insightful – and your authorial voice instantly appealed to me.
I really liked the subtext as well as the story.
I enjoyed A Saucepan in the Sky immensely – it stirred filed-away memories and refreshed the affection held for early relationships.
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
Wanderlust talks about things that people think but do not say.
I particularly empathised with the days which for no reason at all become mood days and that thing about times where nothing “happens”.
Your book is an affirmation of something or other that is probably too big to put a label on.
I laughed the whole afternoon as I read it. How delightful in this grim world to find such humour.
Had me in fits of laughter in the train en route to work.
Highly entertaining.
I liked the surprise of it, the feeling that anything could happen. There is a time in life when one enters any open door. I guess that’s how you grow up.
Philosophical but not academic. A good read. A tribute to women.
An absolutely delightful read…fascinating.
Paints a vivid picture of a colourful extended family. A compelling tale.
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.
