What, Me Pregnant?: A For Better or For Worse Collection

By Lynn Johnston

In What, Me Pregnant? A For Better or For Worse Collection, Elly, who is juggling a new job, the adolescent traumas of Michael and now Elizabeth, plus the usual housework woes, finds out she is pregnant!! The shock finally wears off and the family deals with the idea of another person in their household. Then one stormy night, baby April is born at home, and the Pattersons forget their worries and focus on the beautiful new baby girl, while getting used to midnight feedings and changing diapers!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Nov 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449437411

Lynn Johnston

Lynn Johnston is the creator of one of the world's most popular comic strips, For Better or For Worse, which began in 1979 and is published in more than twenty countries. A Pulitzer Prize nominee, Lynn's many honors include the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award and the prestigious Order of Canada. Farley, the Old English Sheepdog from her comic strip, is based on a beloved dog—of the same name—she once owned. Lynn lives in Northern Ontario, Canada.

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[kpolhuis_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I just turned forty last year and I could not conceive (ha ha)of the horror of being pregnant now. I'm just getting everything that I wanted after raising three boys. How devastating it would be! Elly and John take it well though and do a fine job, the birth of April was dramatic and special. Again, lots to laugh about.

[hamburgerclan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The year's worth of strips in this For Better or For Worse collection all play out with Elly's pregnancy in the background. (Well, okay, it's actually only nine month's worth of strips, but you know what I mean.) there are a lot of funny strips in here, but my favorite is the one right before April is born. It's a goofy gag, but Ms. Johnston set it up so well. I wonder what it must have been like to read those strips one day at a time. Oh, well...--J.

[bnielsen_30 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Vi følger en lille familie, Elly - 39 år, John - ca jævnaldrende, Elizabeth, 9 år, Michael 10 år og familiens hund.I denne samling får Elizabeth briller, hvilket hun hader. Michael får et fritidsjob med at sælge hotdogs og Elly opdager at hun er gravid. VI følger graviditeten og en lettere dramatisk fødsel af den lille ny, kaldet April. Det er isslag, hvilket får Michael til at bestille en pizza fra pizzariet, hvor pizzaen er gratis, hvis de ikke når frem til tiden. Mottoet er "We deliver", hvilket bliver dobbelttydigt da Elly føder hjemme mens det er møgvejr udenfor.Johns kusine, Fiona, kommer og hjælper, hvilket ingen hjælp er til og de må betale indskud på en lejlighed til hende for at få hende ud af huset.Glimrende skildringer af hverdagssituationer.