Age is no barrier for books

The stories are frank and earthy, dealing with ageing, sex, obsession, passion and disappointment.

“Older women are the most wonderful supporters of fiction, go to festivals, buy books, go to clubs and talk about the books among themselves,” she says. “I thought there is a market there already and if I can write a book which they will tell each other [about], it was going to be quite a good idea. And there was simply the [attraction of] unexplored territory.”