She said: "It's pathetic. It seems to me that in those places people just spend their time alone in one room and people come in and give them food.
"Either that or they just go down to a room and sit at the edge of it. They don't seem to talk to each other at all, they're just sort of there. That's not living."
Mrs Page wrote her book, A Dangerous Weakness, three years ago. via bbc.co.ukPage had written the book -- about a woman who becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle after receiving an seemingly innocent invitation to spend Christmas in Switzerland -- three years ago but had stored it in a suitcase. via yahoo.com
Her daughter in law was the impetus for getting the book published. Page is now working on a book of short stories and her son, daughter in law and one friend already live with her. She looks forward to bringing more friends into the home she's purchased.
God bless her.
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A lovely story, but the trouble is she didn't purchase this house with money from this book at all - she already had it. The book was actually self published by a company called Authorhouse, and far from them paying her, she paid them. There was then no advance and neither have there been royalties - not until November anyway.
So you're claiming the article itself is wrong when it states:
A 93-year-old woman who has had her first novel published has bought a house in Devon so she can help friends stay out of nursing homes.
Have you contacted the reporter with the information you have? Seems he/she got it wrong then if what you claim is correct.
Hmmm.... just found your blog. I'm the daugher-in-law mentioned, and am writing to say the original story is true. I found Ms. Page's manuscript in an suitcase, and encouraged her to publish it. At her age, it seemed right to publish with Authorhouse, a self-publisher. After the book was published we bought a larger house so Ms. Page could invite friends to move in with her, rather than go to a retirement home. She's done that. They love it here! The proceeds from the book, which became a bestseller, go directly to "The Lorna Project" because she's thinking of buying another house and inviting more friends. Why not come and visit and see what can be done for older friends and family. Cate
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