The subject of older mothers inevitably arises in conversation with Meera Syal, who had her son Shaan at 44, and whose latest novel features an older woman and her younger husband going to great lengths to have a child.Yet The House Of Hidden Mothers is not autobiographical. The main theme is surrogacy - the route the fictional couple follow to India - and the relationship which develops between them and the surrogate.The idea was inspired when The Kumars At No. 42 star watched a documentary...
