Annaliz Victoria Fallon, much-loved elderly heroine of OLD IS A 4-LETTER WORD, returns in Ethel Stockton's sequel, OLDER IS BETTER. Annaliz's independent spirit has not been broken by having a stroke. While living in an assisted living facility in the Pacific Northwest, she refuses to succumb to life in a wheel chair. Her determination drives her on as she makes plans to return to Mexico-to her favorite chair, her patio, and her friends. Ethel Stockton, 88 years old, lives alone in Mazatlan, Mexico, where she operates a Bed and Breakfast. She has 2 sons, 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Born in 1915, she lived most of her life in the Pacific Northwest, where she spent 50 years as an Interior Designer. Ethel believes everyone should live their lives with gusto; that age doesn't matter. It is only what you make of it. In 2003, she published OLD IS A 4-LETTER WORD, the story of an elderly woman living in Mazatlan, Mexico who insists on living life her way, hates the word old, and makes believe it doesn't pertain to her.