How it really was

The rebellious charm and cruelty of a high-society mischief maker

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

IT had been a long, hard drive. Frances had left early, hoping to get away before the rush hour – only to discover that the rush hour started earlier still. She stopped for a break further south than

Your mum Janice scored goals for England at the unofficial World Cup in Mexico in 1971, in front of huge crowds. When did you become aware of her football pedigree? I was maybe seven when she got out

She was all I had left, but was she telling me the truth? Sarah Corbett Lynch, 18, County Clare

She’d always felt like the odd one out growing up – then Delimar learnt the unbelievable reason why...