Growing Like a Weed [A For Better or For Worse Collection]

Lynn Johnston’s beloved For Better or For Worse strip is collected in this single-volume Andrews McMeel release, Growing Like a Weed, a snapshot of the Patterson family’s everyday life from 1997 onward. The book captures the warmth and humor of Johnston’s long-running comic, highlighting her gentle, realistic take on family dynamics and the passage of time. It’s a compact entry point into a series that defined newspaper comics for decades, treasured for its honest, unglamorous portrayal of growing up.