Sunday 10 August 2008

Author uses royalties on massive house for care home friends.

Most writers slaving away on their first novel dream of fame, fortune and a place on the bestseller lists.

But at 93, Lorna Page had a rather more altruistic ambition - she wanted to save her friends from having to live in nursing homes.

She pledged to spend all the proceeds from her book, A Dangerous Weakness, on moving into a bigger house so that they could come and live with her.

Read more of this amazing story here