{"product_id":"suddenly-silver-celebrating-25-years-of-for-better-or-for-worse","title":"Suddenly Silver Celebrating 25 Years of For Better Or For Worse","description":"(Characters) move into your home and into your head,\" Lynn Johnston writes about her \u003ci\u003eFor Better or For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e creations. \"They talk and can be heard in conversation-with you, with each other......... They allow you to be a part of their world inasmuch as you have asked them to be a part of yours.\"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat sentiment also applies to the millions of faithful \u003ci\u003eFor Better or For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e fans who follow the popular family strip each day. \u003ci\u003eSuddenly Silver\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates that decades-old relationship between creator, characters, and readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillions of readers share a daily relationship with Lynn Johnston and her cartoon family, the Pattersons. \u003ci\u003eSuddenly Silver: Celebrating 25 Years of For Better or For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e allows these faithful friends-and new readers, too-to honor that long association through a one-of-a-kind collection of strips that also includes Johnston's musings about her real life and how it's reflected in one of the cartooning world's most beloved and followed families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuddenly Silver\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into three sections using cartoons from the strip's early, middle, and more recent years. This insightful structure enables readers to revisit favorite earlier strips and to watch the development of storylines and the growth of characters over the years. Throughout it all, readers will find the same focus on everyday family life humorously portrayed through the good and the not-so-good days. All the cherished characters are present, including parents Elly and John, their children and grandchild, Grandpa Jim, and of course the dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnston's thoughts about them, their individual development, and their familial evolution makes \u003ci\u003eSuddenly Silver\u003c\/i\u003e particularly captivating. As Lynn describes her work, readers get to share in the Pattersons' rendition of real life through the heartwarming, the humorous, the tragic, and the triumphant. This book, like the cartoon it honors, will make readers smile while emphasizing what's important in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Better or For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e: What a run! What a celebration! What a future to look forward to!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48557247824127,"sku":"*R0106928*","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/20002683482451.jpg?v=1779381423","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/suddenly-silver-celebrating-25-years-of-for-better-or-for-worse","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}