"Written with affection and insight." – Maeve Binchy
"Charming, interesting and moving by turn." – Sunday Telegraph
"Engrossing . . . an often perceptive genre-defying gem . . . engaging and entertaining." – Scotland on Sunday
"This is wonderful writing . . . Brilliant . . . Cockburn has pulled off something remarkable." – Observer
"The best journalist's autobiography to appear for years . . . This is a story of endurance and a hugely adventurous mind, elegantly told." – Evening Standard
"Sad and entertaining, and altogether evocative of a vanished Ireland."– Sunday Times