The Hedgehog Diaries: 'The most poignant and heartwarming memoir of the year'

"If you buy one book this year make sure it''s this one... Enchanting."
Daily Mail

"This charming book weaves hedgehogs into our hearts, our lives and our national identity."
John Witherow

A few days after her elderly father is admitted to hospital, Sarah Sands and her grandson find a poorly hedgehog in the garden. They name her Peggy, and her fate becomes a matter of pressing concern.

There is something about hedgehogs - homely and yet mysterious, prickly and defenceless, wild and tame - that m...