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Turning Over the Pebbles: A Life in Cricket and in the Mind

Author(s) : Mike Brearley

Reviews and Endorsements

A superb book - much more than a traditional memoir . . . this is a sharp, witty and unashamedly learned meditation on art and music, literature and the Classics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, childhood and old age, families and feelings, illness and the imminence of death . . . And of course cricket. It is unlike any book you will read this year . . . This book is an inspiration, showing us how to live our best lives.
Sunday Times

A Masterclass . . . A stimulating memoir . . . It is hard to think of any other sportsman - or come to it, any other philosopher or analyst - who makes for such agreeable, such stimulating, such warm company.
Daily Telegraph

Absolutely riveting.
Amol Rajan ― BBC Radio 4 Today

Unexpected rewards to the reader on every page.
Simon Barnes ― The Cricketer

Whether discussing philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature or cricket... Brearley is compelling company.
Guardian

Turning Over the Pebbles sparkles with erudition and culture... rewarding and eye-opening.
TL

An enthralling memoir from the cricketing great.
i Newspaper

This sharp memoir glides across [Brearley's] interests, featuring musings on ageing, music and strategy in sport. It's the ideal accompaniment to the Ashes.
The Times

Peppered with reflections on music, literature, philosophy and exchanges with legendary thinkers, it is as much, if not more, a book on the mind and a manual on the essence of a good life - and a good death; it will make readers pause.
Financial Times

Brearley's prose is abundantly stylish.
Tablet

A thoughtful and intriguing book.
Methodist Recorder

Exceptionally carefully thought-through and most intriguingly written ... This is a truly lovely book.
Oldie

A beautifully crafted journey into the mind of a genius - both cricketing and otherwise.
City AM