Seniors' Discount

I hadn't read any of this comic strip in years, so it was great fun catching up with the Patterson family with Michael and Elizabeth launched on adult lives and April in high school, while Elly and John prepare for empty nest and deal with Elly's father recovering from a stroke. As always, it really is "For Better or for Worse." This was a Xmas gift from my daughter, and a very thoughtful one. I just wish I didn't identify so closely with ol' Grandpa Jim. Very highly recommended.

- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER

The good things about this For Better or For Worse collection: April's band adjusts to their new line up, April spends a few weeks at her uncle's farm and the translation of "kaad-gnebig njnaamod". The bad things, well, pretty much everything else. The Patterson clan and friends have become pretty dull or depressing. sigh. The strip used to be so good.
--J.

John and Elly move toward their retirement years, as their children progress toward their own dreams... more or less. Elly sells Lilliput's to Moira and retires. A new singer, Eva, joins April's band, replacing Becky. Anthony's wife, Therese, has been having an affair and moves out of their house. He starts divorce proceedings. Elizabeth decides to leave Mtigwaki and come back home, inadvertently blindsiding her new boyfriend Paul. Elly's Dad turns 85, and has a major stroke. The trial of Elizabeth's attacker, Howard, gets under way. Never a dull year at the Pattersons'.

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