Blossoms in Autumn by Zidrou & Aimée de Jongh

Ulysses, a middle-aged widower, is forced into early retirement from his moving job. At a loss for what to do next, the course of his life is changed by a chance encounter with a fellow lonely soul at, of all places, his son's OB/GYN office. Mediterranea, who recently lost her mother, runs a cheese shop that she took over when her beloved Corsican father died years earlier. A romance blossoms between these two people who are supposedly in the "autumn" of their lives and they soon find themselves embarking on a most unexpected odyssey.

Format: ebook

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Story: 🌑🌑🌑

Blossoms In Autumn is a charming boy meets girl story, also a sometimes bleak, sometimes amusing look at old age and the things people have to deal with when they reach that point. It is nicely illustrated with the story flowing smoothly. The climax of which is a miracle worthy of Elizabeth and Zechariah which wasn't really what I would go for. I have nothing against older people raising children but is breeding and raising children always the given conclusion in coupledom? Couldn't they be happy just being together? Go off to more adventures? The comics as a whole was enjoyable but I wish the conclusion was different, less trite perhaps.

P.S.

I received a copy of Blossoms In Autumn from Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Soundtrack

I Ain't Getting Older, I'm Getting Better

Rufus Thomas