Jill Conner Browne

I wasn’t quite sure what to think of this book when I first saw it. Who are the Sweet Potato Queens? And why are they dressed so strangely? And if this book is so popular in the South, then as a non-Southerner, will I even get most of it? What I found was that The Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love is a slyly clever, wittily wise, and wholly hilarious handbook for the modern woman’s life. It’s up to the reader how seriously she takes each bit of insight, but I was delighted to show more discover an echo to some of my own frustrations and revelations. And the recipes? I can’t wait to try Chocolate Stuff and the Mambo Margaritas! show less

Really, we Queens love men. They taste just like chicken. Well, we can't really say that for a fact. The ones we've actually bitten were not only not cooked properly, they were alive and kicking. Shrieking, as it were. In our defense I would have to say that they deserved it, and in retrospect I imagine even they would agree. But anyway, we do love men. In theory, at least. I mean, they do sound great on paper, don't they? And we are quite the eternal optimists, we are. Even when there are show more no serious contenders in the game, we like to have a number of men on hand. Just to play with, you know. We think of them as cat toys.

A very funny book about a group of women in Jackson Mississippi who although not approving of beauty pageants, believed that it was every woman's right to wear a crown. So they crowned themselves as the Sweet Potato Queens and entered a float in Jackson's first St. Patrick's Day Parade, and the Sweet Potato Queen phenomenon just seemed to grow from there. Whether dressed in their figure-enhancing green dresses and red wigs or in their everyday clothes, the Queens have a lust for life, fattening food and the cute majorette boots they never had as little girls. Their discovery of the Magic Words that never fail to make any man do exactly what you ask, must rank as one of their greatest achievements.

I heard about this book a while back, and found a copy for 30p in the local library sale last month. And being the lightest and fluffiest non-fiction book on my TBR list, it soon floated to the top. show less

I love all the Sweet Potato Queens books, and this one is right up there with the very first one -- truly a great, hysterical read, all the way through to the end.

One of the things I like best about all the Sweet Potato Queen books is how much they celebrate women of all ages and shapes. Too much chick lit can sometimes leave a girl wondering if the really fun things in life only happen to thin girls in the city, but that's definitely not the case here.

Not only a fun book to read, but show more definitely a great gift -- for anyone upset about their man, or for a man who really wants to understand women but just isn't getting it. show less

If you’re a fanatic fan of Ms. Browne or you’ve never ever read her it matters not one bit you will if you are fan, enlarge your fandom and if you’ve never read her become an instant fan. In fact if you don’t erupt in laughter by the tenth page and have tears running down your face by the 30th, you’re either not human, there is absolutely no hope for you and are utterly unredeemable.
Now for the rest of you pay attention because her Highness Queen Jill herself has the undisputed end show more all cure for coping with life, love and the pursuit thereof and here is just a tease of what you’ll find between the covers of my spittle and tear stained copy.
1st Denial
2nd Get a Dog
3rd Laugh at your embarrassing moments
4th (my favorite) Vengeance
5th Diversion
Want more buy the book, if you know someone in need of a good cheering up buy the book as a gift, believe me no one capable of laughter in any form will get through the chapter on “gator hunting” without roaring and rolling on the floor and if they do then by the time they read the chapter about the “bus” will definitely do them in.
Now if none of this interests you or makes you run to your nearest bookstore you may return to the mother ship anytime because no Zippity Doo Dah® at all will help you.
My Queen Ms. Browne I am performing the best courtesy I know how to honor you for some of the happiest hours I’ve ever spent reading and I look forward to your next installment of wisdom. show less