Alexandra Penney sold millions of books to women in the 1980's. They were books about how to improve your sexual technqiues.
Her writing brought her wealth and she was able to live well in New York, with a maid who came in three times a week, a leisurely artistic career, with a studio in SoHo, a vacation home and lots of first-class travel.

Last week she found out all her money was gone. She had invested it all with Madoff. Now she's had to lay-off her maid and learn how to take the subway in New York. See her story at the Daily Beast today.