This everyday story of a small working class family played out against a background of momentous world and national events is in turn uplifting, humorous and often tear jerking. Apparently, the author's parents were already up in age when they met and married and his mom was only able to have one child or run the risk of dying if she were to attempt to have more children. Entre tazas de té nos narran los avances de la sociedad y, con un humor muy británico, ironizan sobre la modernidad, las revoluciones sociales y los inventos que fueron llegando a los hogares para hacer las vidas más fáciles.

The love Ethel and Ernest have for each other is epic and perhaps even more so given that Briggs is focusing on the mundane, every-day stuff of life (even during wartime). I just feel that Ethel sometimes came across as someone who thought she was better than others which diminished the affinity I had with her. Splash stain residues and waviness to upper left front edge of jacket, discolored patch along lower front edge of DJ with further stain marks to edges of rear of DJ, corners a little pushed otherwise VG, unmarked. They survive the depression of the 30s, World War II and the havoc it wreaks on Londoners, the economic downturn and rationing that follows, and the "love generation" of the 60s. Nothing is invented, nothing embroidered - this is the reality of two decent, ordinary lives of two people who, as Briggs tells the story, become representative of us all.

We also get to see Ethel and Ernest's reaction to the invention of the television and how it feels like being inside a movie theater in your own home. If you loved this review or would like to check out other iconic graphic novels here is the link of where I am discovering these books.

En ella nos relata su vida familiar desde que se conocen hasta que fallecen, donde iremos viendo el paso del tiempo, los progresos, las diferencias entre ambos, etc. Their son became a famous illustrator and author and never had to live below poverty level or be a working class.This couple isn't famous or wealthy or anything too out of the ordinary, they just have to keep on getting by whilst the wars happen and technology changes and politics shifts all around them. This loving story is interwoven with some of the major world and national events that took place between the 1930s and 1970s, including a world war, landing on the moon and the arrival of the NHS. As economic and political climates change and war comes and goes it becomes clear that they each have their own peculiar wisdom and short-sightedness, and to see the world through their eyes and their bickering is a delight. In the UK, the film was repeated on BBC Two on 10 August 2022, in light of the news of Briggs' death coming earlier that day.