TY - BOOK AU - Sweeney,Julia TI - If it's not one thing, it's your mother SN - 9781451674040 U1 - 362.734092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Sweeney, Julia. KW - Adopted children KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Adoptive parents KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Actresses N1 - Prologue -- If it's not one thing, it's your mother -- Just tinking -- Channeling food -- China sweeney -- Strong & beautiful -- Letters from camp -- Week two: independence -- Three Chinese nannies -- Arden -- Big strollers are bad -- Three boyfriends & reflections on a high school crush -- The birds & the bees -- A fan letter -- Sphexy -- Week three: death -- The decline & fall of practically everybody -- Starter gods -- Pussy -- Baby on board -- The color of skin -- Phone bill -- Week four: dependence -- My nemesis -- A proposal at Starbucks -- An education -- Hinky dink is sinking -- Tomorrow they arrive N2 - Sweeney, the delightful former cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and popular performer, takes readers into the depths of her family in this hilarious and unique book on parenting and motherhood; Adopted children -- California; Motherhood -- California; Parenting -- California ER -