If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother

di Julia Sweeney (Autore)

Simon & Schuster, 2013

Saturday Night Live veteran Julia Sweeney’s “endearing series of true tales from parenthood’s front lines” (Oprah Daily) is a funny, smart tour de force that reads like a conversation with your best friend. Comedian Julia Sweeney delivers a sharp, heartfelt collection of essays that captures the chaos, humor, and tenderness of modern family life. With the wit of a seasoned performer and the honesty of a close friend, she invites readers into her world—where long-awaited dreams of family come true, only to reveal their own beautifully complicated reality. From adopting her daughter to finding love in an unexpected email and uprooting her life from Los Angeles to Chicago, Sweeney chronicles the everyday absurdities and profound moments of parenthood and partnership. Whether she’s navigating nannies, attempting to answer her daughter’s questions, or reflecting on the quirks of domestic life, her stories balance laugh-out-loud humor with deeply relatable insight. At its core, If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother is about connection—the surprising, sometimes messy bonds we form with family, strangers, and ourselves. With warmth, intelligence, and razor-sharp observation, Sweeney transforms the ordinary into something poignant and memorable, reminding us that life isn’t always what you expect.

• Autore: Julia Sweeney
• Anno edizione: 2013
• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781451674064