You Just Don't Understand

Our guest, Dr. Deborah Tannen, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, You're Wearing That, a book about mothers and daughters that is just out in paperback.

She is also the acclaimed author of You Just Don't Understand, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years.

She also is the author of You Were Always Mom's Favorite, a book about sisters, and her most recent book, a memoir, Finding My Father.

A professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, she is a frequent guest on national television and radio, including 2020, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC's Today, and NPR's Fresh Air and 1A.

Thank you.

What a pleasure to be here.

In your book, You Just Don't Understand, you show how women and men often misunderstand each other because of their different ways of speaking.

Mothers and daughters are both women.