This book is a minute part of the missionary journey of the authors father. Although the journey started in the fifties, the author wrote a part of the journey as far as she could rememberhis trials, triumphs, and travails from one parish to another in the Anglican Communion. His death ends the story.

The author of The Vicar, Grace Michael lives in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the fourth child in a family of seven. She is married with 3 children. This is her first attempt at publishing.