The Telegraph reports on the heart-warming story of blind author, Trish Vickers:
She lost her sight seven years ago through diabetes and decided to write a novel to pass the time and keep her mind active.
She quickly penned the opening chapters while using a system of elastic bands to keep the lines separated on the pages of paper she was using.
She waited for her son Simon to visit so he could read it back to her. But when he arrived he had to tell her that the pages were blank.
Incredibly, however, the manuscript was recovered after the family took it to their local police HQ and asked for help.