After Louise

Kath a shy young woman befriends Bob the reclusive gardener at a seaside hotel where shes getting married Kath has never come to terms with her mother leaving home when she was eight and that her overbearing father Ken never talks about her Now she is getting married to escape only to discover that her fiancée Steve is completely dominated by Ken as well Bob is a gentle eccentric man with a dry sense of humour and a troubled past He spent a long time in prison and in the years hes worked at the hotel he has never ventured beyond the gardens which he tends with obsessive care Kath sparks a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bobs past with a girl called Louise which resonates so strongly that he feels compelled to leave the safety of the hotel and confront his past