Leaving Home by Lynn Johnston

Leaving Home by Lynn Johnston

Never preachy, always informative, and full of laughs, Leaving Home is packed with tried and true nuggets, from tips on finding an apartment to tips on getting your eviction notice reversed, from someone with a sense of humor who's been there, done that. The reader is walked through essentials such as building a home-grown vacation, Too Broke to Break? handling depression, It Can Get You and You Can Fight Back, and dealing with school and job jitters. Eleven sections are crammed with advice on furnishing apartments, mastering the ancient art of bartering, living with the boss without a heart, the prof without a clue, and more. It includes such gems as: The Yard Sale -- Your Vintage Kitchenware Store; Rules for Roommates: Rent Is Not A Voluntary Contribution; Your Mother Is No Longer the Alarm Clock; The Mail Is Always For You Leaving Home not only relays how to avoid common pitfalls, but also how to get out after you've landed in them face first Pearls of wisdom and insightful cartoons make this a must-read for anyone starting life on their own.

Johnston, Lynn: -

Lynn Johnston is the creator of the comic strip For Better or For Worse, which is distributed by United Feature Syndicate. It appears in more than two-thousand newspapers worldwide, in twenty countries, and in eight languages, reaching 220 million readers every day. In the twenty-four years since it was developed, there have been thirty books of cartoons published.

Brenda Wegmann is an experienced teacher and author of ESL and Spanish-language textbooks and instructional guides; she also teaches at Edmonton Community College.

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ISBN 13	9780740733031
ISBN 10	0740733036
Title	Leaving Home
Author	Lynn Johnston
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Andrews Mcmeel Publishing
Year published	2003-03-02
Number of pages	160
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