"What a gift! If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother is an intimate and hilarious book that will leave you resenting your mother less, hugging your children tighter, and glowing with gratitude that Julia Sweeney has put it all into words."

– Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

“Reading If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother gave me the delightful sensation of being Julia Sweeney’s best friend. I curled up in bed with this book and we shared secrets, swapped parenting fiascos and boyfriend dramas, complained about our mothers, laughed a lot, cried a little, and just generally had an awesome time. Write another book soon, Ms. Sweeney! Legions of your friends are waiting!”

– Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road and Bad Mother

"A former SNL cast member leaves fame behind, moving to the Midwest and adopting a Chinese girl, in this endearing series of true tales from parenthood's front lines."

– O, The Oprah Magazine

"A deep, candid, insightful, and emotional look at love, family, independence, and commitment....Reading it is like catching up through a long, soul-baring night with your funniest old friend."

– More

"A thoughtful set of essays on motherhood embroidered with humor . . . As you'd expect, there's humor here, but it's also a deeper read about relationships and the unpredictability of life."

– Chicago Tribune

"Frank, funny."

– Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Julia Sweeney can you make you laugh about anything. . . . Wry and honest."

– Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Funny, funny stuff . . . clever and quirky . . . she exhibits that rare ability as a writer to make the ordinary seem interesting."

– San Antonio Express-News

"Outlandishly funny . . . For every mother who could use a laugh—in other words, every mother—If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother offers a touch of wisdom and plenty of wit."

– Tampa Bay Times

"Intimate and humorous . . . Sweeney's devilish sense of humor successfully makes the transition to page, linking the scenes of her life as daughter, sister, wife, and mother into a delightful whole."

– Publishers Weekly

“Laugh-out-loud moments blended with honesty and despondency.”

– Kirkus Reviews

"Sweeney takes life’s quotidian rituals to hilarious heights."

– Booklist

"[Sweeney's] sharp humor shines through . . . singles looking to adopt will find inspiration along with the giggles."

– Library Journal

"This is the sort of book that made me want to be the person who wrote it. Pithy, painful and very, very funny."

– Emma Thompson

"I am hereby breaking my vow to not write any more blurbs because...it's Julia Sweeney! In my opinion, any new creative offering from Julia Sweeney, no matter what the medium, is a cause for celebration because she is such a spectacular combination of insightful, hilarious and honest. So, yay! A new book from Julia Sweeney! Drinks are on me!"

– Merrill Markoe, author of Cool, Calm, and Contentious

"What a delicious treat! Julia Sweeney is one of the truest, warmest, wittiest voices in the world today, and we're so lucky that she spent her precious alone-time (while her husband and daughter were away) writing a book that invites everyone into her heart and home."

– Cindy Chupack, a writer/executive producer of HBO's Sex and the City and author of The Between Boyfriends Book