Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection [Paperback]

Lynn Johnston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

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

Editorial Reviews

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740768417
• ISBN-13: 978-0740768415
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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.
www.fborfw.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great - as always, September 29, 2007

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Tina "Tina" (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

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.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best in the Business, November 13, 2007

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Jerome K. Tidmore "Jake" (Little Rock, AR, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

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."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teluria, November 20, 2007

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Frances Woodard "humble servant to 2 cats" (Laconia, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

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.