Product Description

Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse is the world's most popular family strip in which characters evolve through age and experience, rather than remaining frozen in time. Readers appreciate the daily doings of the Patterson family, which often mirror their own.

·Senior's Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection follows John and Elly as retirement looms, Grandpa Jim celebrates his 85th birthday and suffers a stroke, Mike and Deanna adjust to the demands of parenthood, Elizabeth accepts a teaching position that brings her back home, and April strains for more and more independence.

·Simultaneous to the publication of this collection, Johnston makes an unprecedented move within the newspaper cartooning community—developing a new format by using former plot lines as a jumping-off point for new ones.

For Better or For Worse has been syndicated since 1979 and has been named Best Syndicated Comic Strip. The strip boasts a lively Web presence at www.fborfw.com

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45836 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780740768415
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Lynn Johnston was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and grew up in British Columbia. Today, she and her husband live in Corbeil, Ontario. In 1985 Lynn was the first woman to receive a Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. She has also received the Order of Canada and claims a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

For Better Or For Worse is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.Author's web site: www.fborfw.com

Customer Reviews

Great - as always
This newest book in the For Better For Worse collection is wonderful. We get to see the whole family again. Elizabeth making life decision - as well as Anthony coming back into her life. Elly sells her store and ponders her life, April acting like a teen....

As always, a great collection and very touching. The only problem - TOO SHORT.

The Best in the Business
For over 25 years, Lynn Johnston has done something few others have attempted. She has let her characters age and kept us involved with their lives in a humorous and loving manner. Like Doonesbury, her strip is a saga of people, events, and emotions and throughout Lynn has proven she is a comic strip artist with a conscience.

I recently started re-reading the entire series, doing one book per week or so. It has been excellent bedtime material and helps remind me that some more hope and humor helps us cope with our daily lives.

Johnston never strays from reality in portraying what is "for better or for worse." Fortunately for the readers, she also never strays from reason or doing what's right. Canada has a national treasure and her name is Lynn Johnston. And she has created the best Canadian ambassadors for goodwill ever to grace the comics pages: the Patterson family, their friends, and their pets.

If you've never read this series, buy them all. You won't be dissatisfied with a single book. If you already know this series, then you know everything I've written is true and even better than I can write about it. And, you probably are already at the stage in life where you qualify for a "Seniors' Discount."

Teluria
Lynn writes from the heart which reaches all of us as well as makes us laugh. Growing up with her family, we identify with the adult characters as well as with her cartoon children, Michael, Elizabeth and April. Humorous, entertaining and touching, Lynn keeps me waiting in eager anticipation for her next book.