Archive for August 10th, 2008
Buy Lorna’s book and give an old person a home
If you don’t, you’ll surely go straight to hell…
This nonagenarian used the $600,000 advance from her thriller, A Dangerous Weakness, to buy a five bedroom home in which she plans to house some lucky friends who were miserable in care homes.
”The book has sold nicely and I was able to buy a much bigger place to live. I only had a small flat before,” she said.
“I wanted to be able to give a room to as many friends who live in care homes as possible.
“Care homes can be such miserable places. You sit there all day staring out the window with no-one to talk to.”
Mrs Page, who is 93, is a first time author with two children and two grandchildren.
She now faces the difficult task of selecting which friends to move into her new place.
May I suggest a Krypton Factor style challenge? The old folks who manage to shuffle their way around an obstacle course and at the end, do a complex logic puzzle, are in.
For those that fail: it’s back to cold custard and cruel care assistants.
While this whole thing just stinks of a publicity stunt- sorry Lorna, I’m cynical for a reason love- I still think it’s fantastic she’s gonna open a party house for her and her mates. It could even become a great platform for a reality show. An OAP big brother. You could watch the old folks knit, sing, watch Countdown and suck eggs..
It would have to be more entertaining than the show as is.
I also smell a rat because Author House are vanity publishers, and, having never ventured into that area, am assuming such operations generally don’t give out advances. Am I mistaken?
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/ItemDetail~bookid~52282.aspx
I’m not surpised…
Bus company Greyhound has decided, following the beheading of a passenger by another passenger on one of their coaches, that this advertising campaign was no longer suitable for the current climate…
Indeed…
