Published: March 2008.
The Vicarage Children is the first title in the Vicarage Children trilogy, the second and third being More About Mandy and The Vicarage Children in Skye.
Set in Northumberland, in the area where Lorna Hill’s husband ministered, the ancient vicarage, near the site of a Roman camp, is a fitting background for the very realistic family and their adventures.
The sympathetic narrator, Mandy, and her toddler brother, Binny, are highly attractive characters, whereas their elder sister, Ally, displays many of the characteristics that so often appear in teenagers today.
The children’s father owns a very beautiful Home Communion set, which features in the story. The original belonged to Lorna Hill’s clergy husband, and is now in the proud possession of Clarissa - GGBP publisher and priest - who has written an introduction about it.