Lynda La Plante explains why adopting a baby at 59 was best thing to happen to her

mirror.co.uk:

Novelist Lynda La Plante is in lockdown, holed up in her ­impressive Surrey home with her 16-year-old son Lorcan, the child she adopted when she was 59 and who, she proudly declares, is the best thing ever to happen to her – even if she has been mistaken for his granny.

Now 77, the best-selling crime writer adopted Lorcan as a newborn and says they bonded immediately. She says: “Lorcan is my son in every way.

The moment I held him, he was my baby. "Lorcan is a very special boy, and I adore him. "It’s terrific to have that young energy around the house.

Our ­relationship has given me so much more than I could have ever dreamed of.” And if strangers mistake Lorcan for her grandson, she just laughs it off.