Just a Simple Wedding: A For Better or For Worse® Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) [Paperback]

Lynn Johnston (Author)

Book Description

Series: For Better or for Worse Collections | Publication Date: March 17, 2009

From that first spark to those unexpected senior moments, For Better or For Worse follows the life of the Patterson family through the perils and pitfalls of everyday life. In good times and in bad, Johnston captures family life, wedded bliss, and grandparenting, in a completely unique light.

In Just A Simple Wedding, now grandparents, Elly and John adapt to a smaller home, while son Michael and his family spread out in the old Patterson house. Elizabeth and Anthony's romance is rekindled bringing things full circle.

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About the Author

Lynn Johnston lives in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. She was the first woman to win the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1985. In the summer of 2008, she was inducted into the "Giants of the North," the Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (March 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740780972
• ISBN-13: 978-0740780974
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #667,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Lynn Johnston lives in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. She was the first woman to win the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1985. In the summer of 2008, she was inducted into the "Giants of the North," the Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last of An Amazing... 30 Years?, April 25, 2009

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Aislinge Kellogg "EMT Wench" (Parsippany, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Simple Wedding: A For Better or For Worse® Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

I will miss the release of new books yearly updating me on Michael, Liz and April Patterson and of course Elly and John. They have been a part of my life since "Keep the Home Fries Burning" and I was able to find all the books going back. While I've never wanted children I learned about all the aspects - positive and negative, easy and hard, fun and trying - about the process.

Lynn Johnston has brought love, life and dealing with it all to the rest of us with fun, charm, tears, laughter and everything in between. I loved this book but it breaks my heart that it is the last one. But I have the whole collection to read anytime and I will reread all of them the rest of my days.

Thank you, Lynn. You have made the world a much more magic place.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are planning a wedding in your future, you MUST read this, November 16, 2010

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K. HALE "M2MM" (Langley, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Simple Wedding: A For Better or For Worse® Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

A marvelous little book that is a great wake up call to all those contemplating getting married, or thinking of planning a wedding. Lynn Johnston is a wonderful artist and humorous writer with an eye for details and a sense of humor, even under stress. Makes a great engagement present for the happy couple in your life.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, December 18, 2009

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Roger Farnham "Colloc" (Anaheim, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Simple Wedding: A For Better or For Worse® Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

This is the last collection of the "old" For Better or For Worse strips. After these appeared Lynn Johnston "restarted" the strip by basically going back in time and making all the characters young again. These are the strips that tell how Elizabeth got married and the last one gives a synopsis of what happened next. This is a nice collection and any one who has gone through the hassles that the average wedding causes will get a chuckle. I highly recommend this book.