Incognito Veritas

About the Book

To say my life has been privileged and exclusive would be an understatement. From the moment I set eyes on Mickey, my life changed from ordinary to gradually, attaining a lifestyle similar to that of a princess or a superstar.

Lacking for nothing materially, when not being driven in a Citroen ID 19 Saloon, I was chauffer driven to wherever I wanted to go - shopping, restaurants, out for morning coffee with colleagues etc. Whenever I was ill, I had private doctors to visit me taken from a list of medics at Mickey's fingertips. Choosing when and how many holidays I wished to take during my years in Germany - no questions asked. I had an exclusive education leading to a finishing school privilege in Germany, learning, studying and finally, teaching in a German school.

The person who made all of this possible was a Major in the British Army - also, a Roman Catholic Priest. Yet despite all of those wonderful privileges, I was so alone, alone with my carefully guarded, hidden secret, a secret I was to keep for many years. What made living this abhorrent loneliness possible was the constant awareness that I was with the man I loved and without him, happiness would have been hopelessly - unattainable. Cocooned for many years in a web of deceit because, the Roman Catholic Church demanded this from us, with their outdated and ancient ruling on celibacy.

After over forty years of living surreptitiously, I can now put an end to a powerful memoir and its encroaching effects it's had on not only my life, but my health too. I have now risen above the sorrow caused by 'elimentum humanum in ecclesia Dei,' (the human element in the Church of God), while still acknowledging the past.

About the Author

The author was born in Manchester and grew up there before going to boarding school and then on to spending some years in Germany. Having a private education in an exclusive girl's convent boarding school; studying Latin, French, German and Spanish and later teaching in a German school. On returning to the UK, she spent many years with her husband and children in the South East of England before moving to Wales. Although a teacher by profession, she worked with her husband running their own catering establishments, enabling them to give their children the close contact they deemed invaluable with their parents, whilst both parents were working. Today, she spends most of her time writing and contributes when requested, her expertise and advice to people who are suffering from type 1Diabetes who wish to learn more about CSII - insulin pump therapy. As a pump user herself, she feels confident to answer any questions in order to help the newcomer, to increase their own knowledge and confidence before they venture into pump therapy as an alternative to injection therapy.