If it's not one thing, it's your mother
By: Julia Sweeney
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781451674040; 9781451674057; 9781451674064
Subjects: Motherhood; Adopted children; Parenting
Description: While Julia Sweeney is known as a talented comedienne and writer/performer of her one-woman shows, she is also a talented essayist--and the past few years have provided her with some rich material. Julia adopted a Chinese girl named Mulan and then, a few years later, married and moved from Los Angeles to Chicago. She writes about deciding to adopt her child, strollers, nannies, knitting, being adopted by a dog, The Food Network, and meeting Mr. Right through an email from a complete stranger. Some of the essays reveal Julia's ability to find that essential thread of human connection, whether it's with her mother-in-law or with an anonymous customer service rep during a late-night phone call. But no matter what the topic, Julia always writes with elegant precision, pinning her jokes with razor-sharp observations while articulating feelings that we all share.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Week one: unto me a child is given; title: If it's not one thing, it's your mother; title: Just tinking; title: Channeling food; title: China sweeney; title: Strong and beautiful; title: Letters from camp; title: Week two: independence; title: Three Chinese nannies; title: Arden; title: Big strollers are bad; title: Three boyfriends and reflections on a high school crush; title: The birds and the bees; title: A fan letter; title: Sphexy; title: Week three: death; title: The decline and fall of practically everybody; title: Starter gods; title: Pussy; title: Baby on board; title: The color of skin; title: Phone bill; title: Week four: dependene; title: My nemesis; title: A proposal at Starbucks; title: An education; title: Hinky dink is sinking; title: Tomorrow they arrive.