Years passed before they met again. By then she was 24 and he was 27. I would really like to spend more time with the family. I miss them all dreadfully. And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.
People seem afraid of sentimentality, more's the pity.
She has two adult children, Emily and Felix. If her later novels mention the contracting business frequently, it may reflect the fact that her son Felix is a property developer. They're adopted, but they are both mine. Both of them knew they were adopted from the very beginning. I never made any mystery of it.