'The recently issued "This, My Son," by Joan Kinmont is a production of which the whole of the people of Tasmania should be proud. The authoress is a well-known resident of Hobart, the book has been locally published, and nothing more touching can be found in all English literature than the poignant verse-story of mother love that is its theme.'
Source: '"This, My Son": A Tasmanian Masterpiece', Voice, 27 Dec. 1943, p. 4.