She's Turning into One of Them! A For Better or For Worse Collection [Paperback]

Lynn Johnston (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740758152
• ISBN-13: 978-0740758157
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,089 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.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another winner by Lynne Johnston, September 22, 2006

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Tina "Tina" (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She's Turning into One of Them! A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

I adore this comic strip. It has been wonderful to see the whole family grow up before our eyes.

In this treasury of 136 pages, the focus is mainly on April who has become a teenager. I remember reading this strip when April was a little girl being saved by my beloved Farley! Now, she is a teenager!!! Its making me feel old.

This is a collection of the strips that have appreared in the Sunday pages and is pretty funny considering the situations the whole family is often put in. Although there is a focus on April, there are also many, many wonderful strips on the other family members.

I have to admit to feeling a little disconnected when Lynn gives us too much of the outside world, i.e. Mike's wife, Liz boyfriend's etc. This strip works best for me when the whole (or part of) the family is together.

Nonetheless a wonderful read. Pick it up.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the family, November 12, 2006

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Philly Shaw (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She's Turning into One of Them! A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

I have every one of the FBFW collections. I've been a part of the family since they first appeared. Probably because this is the family I'd have had if not for the divorce. My favorite part is that each member isn't really cartoonish. They have faults and frustrations, they fight, they make up....it's believable. I'm an avid reader and part of the enjoyment is caring for the characters involved. I care for these characters. This is the only strip I need a daily fix for. I reread the series over again, just as I do Little House on the Prairie and for very much the same reason. These stories are a history of our time. Lynn has recorded the last 20+ years of family life and the world that affects it.

5.0 out of 5 stars April turns 13., December 9, 2009

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R. Kemp (Birdsboro, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She's Turning into One of Them! A For Better or For Worse Collection (Paperback)

Lynn Johnston's books are always great. She is the only cartoonist who ages the characters in her strip in real time. In this episode, which lasts about a year, the youngest Patterson turns 13 and her parents have their hands full with a new teenager. Her sister, Elizabeth begins to grow away from the family. Mike and Deanna expect their second child. Elly and John begin to adjust to middle age. Grandpa and Iris are managing well at this point.

If you love For Better or For Worse and have missed this issue, you will certainly enjoy it.