Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child.
One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.
But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you're not snooping into somebody else's lives?

