About Peggy Saville

This is a portrait of girlhood at the turn of the century, rendered with mischief and heart. Peggy Saville arrives at an English vicarage straight from India, a child caught between worlds, carrying sunlight and chaos in equal measure. The Vicar of Renton and his wife prepare to receive this strange, clever girl whose mother is returning to India without her, and from the moment Peggy steps through the door, she upends the quiet order of the vicarage. She makes friends, stirs trouble, and leaves an indelible mark on everyone she meets. Vaizey writes with sharp affection for her protagonist's wildness. Peggy is not a model child; she is something better: a real girl, all confidence and scheming, navigating the strange customs of English country life while bringing her own vibrant logic to everything around her. The humor lands gently, and there is genuine tenderness in the way Peggy finds her place among the vicarage children. It is a book about that peculiar ache of growing up somewhere new, about the friends who become family, and about the small rebellions that shape a childhood. For readers who treasure vintage children's literature, Edwardian charm, and stories of irrepressible girls who refuse to be tamed.