Love Just Screws Everything Up, Volume 17: A for Better or for Worse Collection [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. 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 fivea "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 existencea "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 officea "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 smilesa "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.

Love Just Screws Everything Up, Volume 17: A for Better or for Worse Collection [Paperback - Used]