Cat and the Lizard

Lisa is the mother of the bride. But a white wedding in England isnot what daughter Sophie has in mind, upsetting her prospectivemother-in-law and her stepfather Bill, Lisas husband, into thebargain.

Lisa prepares for the wedding in Alonysos, a beautiful littleGreek Island in the Aegean Sea.

Bill has been made redundant, andmoney is short, but Lisa wants to pull out all the stops to give Sophiewhat she wants. At last, after a disastrous but hilarious journey by plane, taxi, busand hydrofoil, Lisa and Bill, along with bride and groom, arrive onthe Island, followed by twelve friends and family ranging in age fromsix months to sixty.

The guests include Sophies brother and his wifeand her family, who have provided a beautiful villa.

With differentbackgrounds and points of view, all try to settle down to enjoy eachothers company, from a gay couple to a homophobe.

But sparks dofly, particularly between Lisa and Bill. Lisa feels misunderstood by her children and somewhat takenadvantage of . . . and she senses not all is right with Bill either. Thereis something she is missing, but she cant quite put her finger on it. She thinks about her life as she sits in the local taverna in thesweltering sun, watching a cat play with a lizard.

If the cat bites offthe tail, will it grow another one?