Ronnie Whitaker

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 …