An affecting rendition of Guggenheim s life. The New York Times Book Review

Peggy had often been misunderstood and disrespected, seen as a slutty dilettante who threw her money around. But Rebecca [Godfrey] took Peggy seriously, as a woman full of wit, savvy, and passion, hungry for experience and purpose and with an eye for art, and for people, that others couldn t yet appreciate. The New Yorker

A celebration of love . . . her prose on those pages that she pored over the longest positively gleams with an electric brio. The Boston Globe

A smart, exciting, and big-hearted book that not only thinks about what a life can be but also how it becomes legendary. Town & Country
 
Empathetic . . . Peggy follows the titular late heiress from the ages of 14 to 60 as she discovers her love of fine art, finds her place in a sexist and anti-Semitic world, and makes a name for herself. Time

Godfrey does full justice to the rich eccentricity of the story but, more important, she does justice to Peggy herself by giving her a voice one that is intimate, urgent, imagistic. Financial Times

A fascinating portrait . . . [Godfrey's] friend Leslie Jamison wrote the final part, and has done a wonderful job of keeping the tone and flavour of the original going until the end. The Sunday Times

Richly drawn . . . Peggy is a rich in all senses and rewarding summer read. Telegraph
 
An exhilarating and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman. Grazia

A lush novel infused with torment, determination, and wit. With keenly drawn characters based on real-life figures and a vivid and illuminating historical context, Peggy . . . is enthralling, revealing, and resonant. Booklist

Magnificent . . . Readers will be won over by Godfrey s incandescent portrait of a singular woman. Publishers Weekly, starred review

The novel follows Guggenheim s whirlwind life through the art worlds of America and Europe, and the interesting, high-brow, and often sexist circles she traveled in. W magazine

Peggy, a fictionalization of heiress and gallerist Peggy Guggenheim s life, is Godfrey s third and final book, which she wrote during the final decade of her life. Los Angeles Times

A beautifully imagined and superbly written novel about the tenuous line between life and art. Godfrey brilliantly resurrects the avant-garde adventurer Peggy Guggenheim as a feminist icon for our times. Jenny Offill

A tremendous work of the imagination . . . Peggy Guggenheim embodied the twentieth century, but attempts to capture her vitality and uniqueness have tended to fall flat. No more! Rebecca Godfrey s prose is as stylish as her protagonist and every bit as deep, sensuous, and thoughtful. . . . An unparalleled life presented as a page-turner. Gary Shteyngart