A TENBY author and former presenter on BBC Radio Four had an audience with the Prime Minister on Wednesday to present him with his latest book.
The handing over took place after Tony Blair had finished his weekly Question Time battle in the House of Commons with the new leader of the opposition, Michael Howard.
But when Mr. Blair accepted Malcolm Stacey's book, he received it from the brave little girl who is the heroine of the real life story it tells.
She is Alice Maddocks, aged 12, whose mum Carol became famous when she attacked Mr. Blair on a live edition of BBC TV's Question Time just before the last General Election.
She was annoyed with the Prime Minister because she said bone marrow volunteers were ignored by the Government who put most of their priority on blood donors.
Her daughter Alice has aplastic anaemia, a condition in which her bone marrow cannot make enough blood to support a normal life. Only a bone marrow donation of exactly the right match can save Alice's life. So far that vital match has not been made.
Malcolm, a director of the Tenby-based stocks and shares website Sharecrazy.com, wrote the book in close co-operation with Carol and Dean, Alice's parents.
Said Malcolm: "This valiant family recorded their views on tape and sent them to me, so that their story could inspire parents of sick children everywhere.
"I realised when I heard them that this was dynamite, a tale of terrible suffering and the struggle to overcome appalling odds. Yet the book is full of insight and humanity, and rather surprisingly, nail-biting suspense. People say they literally can't put it down.
"The Maddocks are amazing. They refused to accept that everything was being done to help their daughter. They confronted the National Health Service, the blood donor service and politicians, taking their fight right to the top."
Since then, Tony and Cheri Blair have become friends, inviting Alice and her parents to Downing Street on two occasions.
Yet though they have now saved thousands of live, Alice's parents still need to find the one donor who would save her.
Royalties from the book For the Love of Alice will go to the Alice Rose Trust for other sick children. But Malcolm's main hope is that it will inspire people to give bone marrow - and perhaps save the life of Alice and thousands of other children with similar illnesses.
If you'd like to know more about Alice's fight for life, log onto her website http://www.helpalice.org">www.helpalice.org. For the Love of Alice, which would make a great Christmas gift, is available at all booksellers, including the Tenby Bookshop. You can also buy online on Malcolm's website - Sharecrazy.com.