Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. ONE: A CAT CALLED LIZZIE
  5. TWO: A ROMANTIC’S VIEW OF ITALY
  6. THREE: IN THE SHADOW OF ETNA
  7. FOUR: SYRACUSE – A SICILIAN FAREWELL
  8. FIVE: THE SECRET LIVES OF FERAL CATS
  9. SIX: THE CATS OF THE PUBLIC GARDENS
  10. SEVEN: SOME ENCOUNTERS WITH CAT LADIES
  11. EIGHT: AN APPOINTMENT WITH TAORMINA
  12. NINE: GOODBYE LIZZIE
  13. TEN: WE LOVE THEM; BUT DO CATS LOVE US?
  14. ELEVEN: I GLIMPSE THE DARK SIDE OF SICILY
  15. TWELVE: ELKE, CAT ‘MOTHER’ TO A MYRIAD FELINES
  16. THIRTEEN: I LEARN THE SAD FATE OF LIZZIE
  17. FOURTEEN: GIOVANNI, THE MAN WHO LOVES FLOWERS
  18. FIFTEEN: I LAUNCH CATSNIP
  19. SIXTEEN: OPERATION CATSNIP
  20. SEVENTEEN: NINO’S CATS – LAUGHTER AND TEARS
  21. EIGHTEEN: GENOVEFFA, THE LITTLE CAT LADY WITH A BIG HEART
  22. NINETEEN: THE TALE OF GINGER AND LUCKY STAR
  23. TWENTY: A CRASH COURSE IN THE SICILIAN PSYCHE
  24. TWENTY-ONE: A TIME IN ROME
  25. TWENTY-TWO: I HAVE MY DOUBTS
  26. TWENTY-THREE: HOW ELKE BECAME A CAT LADY
  27. TWENTY-FOUR: DOGS NEED TO BE RESCUED TOO
  28. TWENTY-FIVE: A YORKSHIREMAN AND MARSALA WINE
  29. TWENTY-SIX: THE ENGLISHWOMAN WHO WON A SICILIAN’S HEART
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN: FOR THE LOVE OF CATS
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT: CATSNIP ARRIVES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
  32. TWENTY-NINE: LIFE AT VILLA PACE
  33. THIRTY: I DISCOVER THE ‘REAL’ SICILY
  34. THIRTY-ONE: VALERIA, A VERY SPECIAL CAT LADY
  35. THIRTY-TWO: ETNA – A BROODING PRESENCE
  36. THIRTY-THREE: A HOUSE IN SICILY
  37. THIRTY-FOUR: THE COMPASSIONATE TOURIST
  38. THIRTY-FIVE: THE CAT SANCTUARIES OF TRIESTE
  39. THIRTY-SIX: SADIE, KATARINA AND THE INCREDIBLE RESCUE OF A BLIND KITTEN
  40. THIRTY-SEVEN: I COME TO TERMS WITH SICILY
  41. ADDENDUM: A PRACTICAL CHAPTER
  42. USEFUL CONTACTS
  43. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  44. GLOSSARY
  45. Plates
  46. Copyright