The Anniversary

Since Dad thankfully died, Mum has carried on his builders' business and the profits have increased two hundred and fifty per cent.  As Tom, her youngest son, says 'We must be the only builders putting up condemned property'.  Mum keeps a tight hold on all her three sons, binding them to her with gifts, threats and ruthless exploitation of their weaknesses.

But as the family is brought together unwillingly to celebrate Mum's wedding anniversary (regardless of deceased Dad), revolt is in the air.  Mum fights back with every weapon in her formidable armoury, and the verbal sparring that results is both incisive and highly amusing.