If it's not one thing, it's your mother
If it's not one thing, it's your mother by Julia Sweeney is a 2013 Education book written by TED speaker Julia Sweeney, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Letting go of God" (2006), 4.9M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 7 years after the talk.
- Edition: Free Press, 2013 · 246 pages
The paired TED talk
Letting go of God (2006), the TED talk by Julia Sweeney.
From the publisher
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.