‘Pumpkin is a sociological study – rather a case study with all the warmth of the human experience of one family and especially of one girl growing up in that family…’ – Betsy Wearing PhD
‘This is a truly beautiful book a post-war coming of age Sydney memoir…at a time of great societal change…rich in metaphor and life wisdom very much of its time; lyrical poetic sometimes serious sometimes sad and laugh-out-loud funny…complex understated warm-hearted…a highly religious innocent left-handed nerdy girl growing up on Sydney’s Lower North Shore in a non-affluent stable and loving home.’ – Edwin Wilson FRAS
