This one's okay, I guess. It's pretty much the era where For Better or For Worse gets boring. I mean the rabbit dies, but not much else... um, let me rephrase that. Mr. B--April's pet bunny--croaks. That's the big plot development in the world of the Patterson clan. Oh, sure Michael and Deanna deal with their new baby and Elizabeth does college things and April does junior high things and Grandpa does old man things, but those are just so... mundane. I mean, Ms. Johnston has just made the strip too real.
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Hamburgerclan | May 27, 2008 |

Another great collection with major changes in the lives of my favorite comic strip family, the Pattersons. The family rabbit, Mr. B. dies in a touching sequence, and is quickly replaced by Butterscotch. April forms her band, and she and Gerald begin "dating" after he gives her her first kiss. Candace's Aunt Ruby is violently mugged and her store robbed. Mike and Weed go to Tokyo to do a story on a fashion diva, which gets Mike unjustly laid off. Elly's father, Jim, starts having memory lapses. Elizabeth gets a summer job with Lawrence and his partner. (

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burnit99 | Feb 2, 2007 |

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Series (with order)

For Better or For Worse (book 23)

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2005

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0740753150, Paperback)

For 25 years, award-winning cartoonist Lynn Johnston has attracted new readers and intrigued longtime fans with her uniquely humorous stories and drawings in For Better or For Worse. During that time, more than 30 books based on the daily comic strip have sold in excess of 1.6 million copies. Striking a Chord continues that impressive record, delivering the latest For Better or For Worse collection just in time for spring.

Johnston's acclaimed strip centers on the everyday life of a Canadian family, humorously portraying both the good and the not-so-good events that are shared by the Patterson clan and their extended family of friends and neighbors. Parents Elly and John; children Michael and his wife, Deanna, Elizabeth, and April; Grandpa Jim; and dogs Edgar and Dixie all live out the joys and complexities of modern life. From parents apprehensively facing their fifties and a young couple tackling new parenthood to a young woman confronting career choices and a girl's loss of a beloved pet, Striking a Chord brings compassion, understanding, and a lighthearted touch to every human interaction.

This collection includes cartoons from November 2002 through July 2003.

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