BENEATH THE CASSOCK:
The Real-life Vicar of Dibley
By Joy Carroll. Harper Collins. 220 pages. £14.99
ISBN 0 00 712207 1
Beneath the Cassock is the very readable autobiography of Joy Carroll, the vicar who inspired Dawn French in the TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
Most of the book is about Joy's own life, her childhood as the daughter of a vicar in inner London, her decision to be ordained, her role in General Synod (especially during the decision to ordain women), and the inner city ministries she has been involved in.
