After exhausting the book collection at her son Andrew’s house, Just Better Care Brisbane North customer Margaret set her sights on a new goal: to read all the books in her local library.

She has signed up for her first ever library card and wants to make her way through the entire collection. Every second week, she borrows seven new books to thumb through. A favourite so far was a book featuring Henry the VIII of England, but Andrew said she will pick up anything that has words and a cover.

“She reads everything: motivational, health and wellness, action, drama, crime. Be it fiction or nonfiction: you name
it, she will have already read it, or will soon. A good book is all she needs,” he said.

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