Cat on a hot tiled roof
Subtitle: mayhem in Mayfair and Mallorca
By: Anna Nicholas
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780857653840; 9781840246834; 9781306027250; 9780857653802
Subjects: Social life and customs; Spain & Portugal; HISTORY; Homes; TRAVEL; Palma de Mallorca (Spain) -- Anecdotes; Essays & Travelogues; Nicholas, Anna, -- 1961-; Homes and haunts; Mayfair (London, England) -- Anecdotes; Palma de Mallorca (Spain) -- Description and travel; Manners and customs; History; Mayfair (London, England) -- Description and travel
Description: Having moved with her family to rural Mallorca to escape the stresses of London life, PR consultant Anna Nicholas continues to commute back to her glitzy Mayfair agency to earn a crust. Meanwhile she is harboring a bizarre dream to open a luxury cattery on the island, unbeknownst to her long suffering Scottish husband, Alan, and son, Oliver. Life in the mountains is never uneventful as the author gets to grips with phantom sheep, midnight snail hunts, Catalan lessons, ghosts, floods, and flighty hens. London also has its challenges, as she juggles eccentric, rich, and often neurotic clients between Mayfair and Manhattan and is hotly pursued by lucrative deals. But increasingly Anna finds herself craving the simple life of her Spanish idyll because as she discovers, you can take the girl out of Mallorca, but you can't take Mallorca out of the girl. Wickedly irreverent, laugh out loud funny, and lovingly observed, Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof celebrates the wonders of Mallorcan rural life.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Author's Note; ONE Phantom Sheep; TWO War and Peace; THREE Raining Cats and Dogs; FOUR The Burrowers; FIVE Hidden Talents; SIX The Perfect Pitch; SEVEN Ruling the Roost; EIGHT Learning the Ropes; NINE Devilish Pursuits; TEN Going the Whole Hog; ELEVEN Diva Moments; TWELVE A Cat Called Zack; THIRTEEN Catalan for Beginners; FOURTEEN Running Around Manhattan; FIFTEEN Cold Turkey; SIXTEEN A Blessing in Disguise; SEVENTEEN The Crowning Glory; EIGHTEEN Farewell to a Friend; NINETEEN Nitty Gritty Matters; TWENTY A Happy Fete.