Nefertiti Street is the story of a woman in her late 40s who becomes increasingly aware of her slow starvation in the midst of an affluent lifestyle. Instead of wailing about the boredom and pointlessness in her life, Pamela Bradley draws eloquent verbal pictures that leave no room for doubt. Rather than smothering the reader with layer upon layer of lifestyle-generated misery, she gently causes you to question the direction your own life is taking. Pamela decides to change her life, first with little wobbly, indecisive steps, that strengthen over time into bold determined strides. Her marriage to an Egyptian Muslim man 28 years her junior is the culmination of the book, but certainly not the guts of the story. For anyone who has been to Egypt, this book is a treat that takes you right back to the dusty streets and the teeming markets. Egypt is not a kind country for an assertive, independent western woman and it’s exciting to be there with her. Pamela Bradley is every woman. We either know her or know of her. There is such honesty in the pages of Nefertiti Street that there’s almost an element of voyeurism in the reading. Ultimately an uplifting story, Pamela leaves her readers with a sense of hops and possibility.

Date of Posting: 01 May 2009
Posted By: Sam Allender
Southern Highlands News 29/8/08

I wanted to contact you to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. It is a great read, full of colour and excitement as well as your emotional highs and lows. You were very frank. What a brave lady! It also made me want to visit Egypt and to know more of its history.

Date of Posting: 27 April 2009
Posted By: Penny Lancaster
General Manager Australian Dance Vision

I finished your memoir last night and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it. It was such a rare thrill to be able to read it with the author's voice in my head. It's a really good read. Unlike many memoirists, you haven't exploited the people you love in order to have some 'juicy' bits. It's personal and respectful. And very funny at times.

Date of Posting: 27 April 2009
Posted By: Kerry Little
Chill Communications

'Your memoir is a triumph. It's a delight to read and a story that had to be told. Chapter 1 begins with that powerful image of anger "belching like a geothermal mud pool" and you sustain this beautiful, evocative imagery to the last page of the last chapter. So the writing is good! You set the scene for something having to change but you let the story tell itself rather than establishing an omniscient presence. The reader has to allow the story to unfold for them as it did for you. I really liked that. At some point in the story I became aware of a different persona emerging. The anger was replaced with a certain fragility and concern for the opinion of others, especially the boys and Shaaban. The book concluded with this persona. I felt it illustrated the change that had happened to you on a much deeper level. Your treatment of your ex-husband was kind and your motives for disaffection, perfectly reasonable. Your hot sex scene in Egypt was handled with subtly and sensitivity. Your walk through the memories of the life you were leaving was very moving and again testified to the quality of your writing. The language and imagery conveyed your turmoil but determination to proceed. No tone of bitterness or resentment was present, just, "this is my life and I don't know where this Egypt thing is going but I've got to do something." So you bloody well did! I'm thrilled that you've had the courage to publish Pam.'

Date of Posting: 27 April 2009
Posted By: Thalia Stevens
author of ABC Among the Trees, A History of the Bush School Wahroongah

Dear Pamela "There are many things I loved about Nefertiti Street. I loved that you come across as a very real, down to earth, no bullsh*t kind of person. It made me want to keep reading. I absolutely loved the chapter when you attended a women's workshop. I have this fabulous image of the incense and the calming energy mixed with the Double Bay outfits and the overflowing anger and insecurities. You have written this chapter to perfection. Your honesty about how you really felt warmed me to the book and prepared me for your adventures in Egypt. I think the 'pre-Egypt' chapters are important as they set the scene and put Egypt into context. Your travels through Egypt are an amazing read and again beautifully written Pam. The scenes you set for us had me right there with you. 'The Old Cataract Hotel, that grand old Victorian queen, sat perched on her granite throne above the Nile,' - such a beautiful image. 'Household washing, strung across Gouda's rooftop, flapped in the stiff Giza breeze,' 'A swollen moon, as if on cue, sailed from behind a cloud and there like a painted backdrop, was the Great Pyramid in a wash of moonlight.' I was right there in every scene you painted. When you came back from Egypt you said you were, 'full of stories and no-one to share them with.' I felt your loneliness in that single line. Dan's comment, 'If I go, maybe you can too,' is so poignant and beautifully written. I had a knife in my gut as I read this for the second time and I shed tears where you described leaving Tom. Your writing conveyed the anguish so powerfully and your descriptions of Shaaban as an extremely wise, unassuming, gentle young man are beautiful. There is so much to your book. I hope I have managed to convey a little about how I felt and what I liked. You're a great writer Pamela and I'm looking forward to your next book."

Date of Posting: 30 November 2007
Posted By: Alison Whitelock
Author of Poking Seaweed with a Stick and Running away from the Smell, launched at the Sydney Writer's Festival, 2008