The Leisure Seeker is about John and Ellen Robina taking one more cross-country trip together. Their children are against this trip and even threaten to call the police if they continue on their journey. Even though Ellen is in her eighties she gives her kids the 'what for' and shows she is still the boss. Her husband is slipping further into dementia and she suffers sometimes from unbearable pain from cancer. This does not stop them from enjoying new sights, and re-living old memories. While on the road they experience some new adventures, but mostly they relish the few lucid moments John has, and watch slides from their vacations when they were a young family. The road trip ends too soon with a surprising ending.This book gave me an understanding of what our older generation has been through, and how they cope now in this modern world: with humor, understanding, some regret, but mostly with a respect for a life that goes too fast. I hope to have the same courage as John and Ellen.
Reviewed by Kathy L.
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