In this memoir, a deeply personal and carefully documented account, author p.d.r. lindsay reflects on the ways in which her beloved Anglican church is coming up short. The hold of the past over the present in the Anglican faith causes many problems, as does the sense of entitlement many of the clergy own. Finding her courage after discovering the deception and cover-ups in her own diocese she then sought out justice, for both herself and for all the parishioners of her local church. Her narrative and brave fight for justice ended with a shocking struggle to refute accusations of mental instability and violence and remove the Diocese banning and trespassing from her church.

p.d.r. lindsay (no capitals please in tribute to a favourite poet, e. e. cummings) makes New Zealand home. Born in Ireland, brought up in Yorkshire, educated in England, Canada and New Zealand, writer p.d.r. lindsay is also Mrs Salmon, Ms Lindsay-Salmon and even for eight years in Japan, Professor Lindsay-Salmon. This wide experience of different cultures colours her writing and keeps her travelling.
Social issues are her main concern which is why she writes historical stories about ordinary people, the ones whose names and lives we don't know much about. Reading the diaries and letters of parsons and farmers, wives and daughters, merchants and tradesmen showed her how the basic human dilemmas do not change over the centuries. She finds that certain human trait both good and bad, can be better shown through historical stories than through contemporary ones and hopes that readers will think about those failings as they apply to today.