Love Diary #3
In "Love Thief," 18-year-old Patty faces the real-world pressures of marriage and work when she and Jim tie the knot despite her parents’ warnings. Juggling a full-time factory job and running a home proves exhausting, and mounting tensions lead her to consider leaving Jim—until a wise word from her co-worker Mrs. Stewart reminds her that lasting love means growing together. With heartfelt storytelling and expressive art by Mort Lawrence, this poignant story captures the quiet struggles and small victories of young adulthood, all rendered in a 1/- cover price comic from Horwitz.
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18-year-old Patty decides to marry Jim, against her parents’ advice. She has to keep her factory job to help pay the bills, and soon finds keeping house and working a full-time job is difficult and tiring. Jim and Patty squabble over money; he takes a night course so he can get a raise. Patty, left alone more than ever, decides to leave Jim. Patty's mature co-worker Mrs. Stewart says a successful marriage requires time and dedication: Patty has to think of herself as part of a couple, not a selfish individual. Patty and Jim reconcile.
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