Pushing 40: A for Better or for Worse Collection

by Lynn Franks Johnston

Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

741.5971

Library's review

Canada, ca 1988
Phil og Georgia bliver gift (og John sidder fast i en skraldecontainer på vej til kirken). Elizabeth på 7 år starter i 2. klasse, Michael på 12 år i 6.
Michael bliver nappet i at kigge ind ad naboens teenagedatters soveværelsevindue. Elly besøger Mrs Baird på alderdomshjemmet
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og opdager at Mrs Baird er nyforelsket. Michael farver ansigtet grønt til halloween men farven går ikke af bagefter.
Mrs Baird dør og alle er kede af det, men livet går selvfølgelig videre.
I vennekredsen går Irene fra Ted, fordi han er konstant utro. Molly har en sær kæreste, men han er med i et heavy metal band, så han er ok. Molly's lillesøster Michael går i teenager-mode. Elly får et nyt køkken.
John køber en sportsvogn for at vise at han ikke er gammel.
En snestorm rammer byen, men alligevel ikke så slemt som frygtet.
Elly er både tandfe og hockey-mor, hvilket er lidt slidsomt ind imellem.

Udmærket tegneserie, selv om jeg synes at den her kører lidt rigeligt på rutinen.
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Publication

Andrews McMeel (1988), Paperback, 128 pages

Description

Cartoons follow the daily trials and tribulations of the Patterson family as they confront a family wedding, the beginning of school, Christmas and the New Year, and changing relationships with friends and relatives.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
In this For Better or For Worse collection, Uncle Phil gets married, Mrs. Baird has a romance, John has a mid-life crisis and the whole community shovels out from under the biggest snowstorm the strip has ever seen. All written with humor and affection. Check it out.
--J.
LibraryThing member savageknight
By total coincidence, this 1988 collection comes in as the 40th review of the scheduled 100! :) After reading about Lynn Johnston's recent announcement concerning her retirement, I realized I only owned a handful of her collections. Thus, when I came across this one at a used book sale, I decided
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to pick it up. Her strips have always been about life and its challenges and here we come upon John's mini mid-life crisis as he trades in his family car for a convertible, as well as Michael getting into those pre-teen years and the changes he undergoes. Obviously, this collection is for fans. But, the strips are timeless in the sense that most anyone can relate to them on various levels (especially as parents!). Not exactly full-out laugh-out-loud moments, but plenty of giggles to go with the constant smiles.
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LibraryThing member kpolhuis
I can identify with Elly. That is the charm of For Better or For Worse, we can relate with the characters. commiserate, and also be given a heads up for what is to come. For every stage of my parenthood I have been given a sense of humor and comfort because I know that I am not the only one, that
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it's ok not to be perfect, and that we are all human.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1988

Physical description

128 p.; 22.7 cm

ISBN

0836218078 / 9780836218077

Local notes

Omslag: Lynn Johnston
Omslaget viser Elly, Michael og Elizabeth, der skubber John op ad en bakke mens han sidder på en sæbekassebil
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi

Pages

128

Library's rating

Rating

(25 ratings; 4.2)

DDC/MDS

741.5971
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