Ronnie Whitaker
18 November 1949
At 39, in her second marriage, balancing a busy career, two step children, two of her own and setting a perfect example for the superwoman syndrome, she was struck down by an illness which had her bedridden and in a wheelchair for ten years. As her health gradually improved, she realised that she needed a job she could do lying down. Somewhat overweight and a little too past the sell-by date for the age-old profession, she had to opt for other ways of earning money in bed. With her experience and skill in research and writing, and with her husband’s good idea of having a heart attack during th
