In this, the um, (let me count...) fifteenth collection of For Better or For Worse strips: Gordon goes into business and gets married; the Pattersons, sans Michael, take a vacation to visit the grandparents; April starts Pre-Kindergarten; Elizabeth starts high school; Michael stays in college, but switches housing and Elly gets a hair cut. Oh, and there's also romantic issues that come up, hence the title. ... Well, it's funnier when you actually read the strips.
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Hamburgerclan | Mar 26, 2008 |

Gordon gets married to Tracey. Liz breaks up with Anthony, and Candace takes over. Mike and Weed move off campus, and Mrs. Dingle is introduced as their landlady. Rhetta breaks up with Mike. Elly cuts her hair short, and is suddenly looking her age. (

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burnit99 | Feb 2, 2007 |

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Series (with order)

For Better or For Worse (book 14)

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1996

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0836221281, Paperback)

Elly and John Patterson, along with their children Michael, Elizabeth, and April, make up one of the most beloved families in America. The clan from For Better or For Worse is not only recognized, their lives are studied, identified with, and, most of all, treasured for the amusing reflections they provide.

Perhaps it's seeing part of ourselves in this familial five--something that makes them so endearing. Maybe it's the good old-fashioned values they display. No matter what her secret, creator Lynn Johnston excels, once again, with this collection, Love Just Screws Everything Up, that gives us a chance to grow even closer to the Pattersons and their devoted dog, Edgar.

This collection of heartwarming and humorous vignettes traces the Pattersons as they toil and traipse through their daily existence--lives much like our own, amplified by Johnson's insightful take on the extraordinarily funny things that happen to ordinary people. For example, we watch as Elly, seemingly stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, uses her cell-phone to call the office--while actually waiting to give her drive-up donut order. Or there's John scolding his girls during a fishing trip for wasting the live bait, only to have a gull grab his next cast in mid-air.

No matter what their situation, no matter what their challenges, the Pattersons always come through with smiles--at least on their readers' faces. This creative collection, Love Just Screws Everything Up, is sure to captivate all fans of cartooning's first family.

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