183 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : portrait ; 23 cm
Summary
A memoir of a 1940s boyhood in an inner-city terrace house shared with a little brother, Mum, Dad (when he's not away fighting the Japanese), Nana, her de facto "Uncle Stan", three larrikin uncles, a cockatoo, and a swagman. The author portrays a rich beguiling world full of laughter and tears