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Available
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Publication
Three Rivers Press (1999), Edition: 1, 213 pages
Description
Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include: �?� The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding �?� The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times �?� Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly �?� What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment �?� The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-… (more)
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LibraryThing member d.homsher
Story of a nice, divorced, shameless Southern woman who ENHANCES herself with padding and hurls sweet potatoes from parade floats, surrounded by other queens for the day.
Who can resist this voice? God, I love it. Cheers me right up. Much of the advice concerning men is sound, if exaggerated. But
Who can resist this voice? God, I love it. Cheers me right up. Much of the advice concerning men is sound, if exaggerated. But
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one book of this series is enough for me (as with Harry Potter). Show Less
LibraryThing member jharp
Loved this book. It made me laugh out loud, sitting in a room by myself. If you are from the south you will recognize the people in this book. It didn't try to be something it wasn't. It was just a fun read and if you got something out of it, great and if you didn't, that was okay too.
LibraryThing member kelley.close
LOVED this book. A must read if you're a real southern woman. I particularly loved how Jill Conner Brown was so funny throughout the book and got serious at the end...wonderful read. I recommend this book to anyone needing a good laugh.
LibraryThing member debnance
Oh, my gosh. I am the Sweet Potato Queen, a born and bred Southern woman who has always secretly longed for a tiara. A fun read for these grim times.
LibraryThing member Lindsey_M
This is a really funny book! As soon as I finished it, I had to read the others.
LibraryThing member isabelx
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
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.
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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 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.
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LibraryThing member readingrat
This book was a hoot.
LibraryThing member Kristelh
Didn't like this story of fallen southern belles discussing love, life, men, marriage and being prepared. Tone is hillarious, I did not finish. I would not recommend it but I know lots of people enjoyed this book.
LibraryThing member dmb622
Do yourself a favor and read Jill Connor Browne's book in the audio format; her Mississippi accent is the perfect vehicle.
LibraryThing member haikupatriot
Loved it!! A former Kielbassi Queen of S.W. PA
LibraryThing member nancynova
rabck from dvg; tongue in cheek, southern belle's book of tips and tricks for love and marriage
LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
Well, I've certainly read better by her.....and some of the stories in here are repeats from other books......
I'd give it a 2.5, but then only 2 stars would show.....and I didn't not like it, but I didn't like it...it was just ok. None of that laugh-out-loud-falling-off-my chair humor.
I'd give it a 2.5, but then only 2 stars would show.....and I didn't not like it, but I didn't like it...it was just ok. None of that laugh-out-loud-falling-off-my chair humor.
LibraryThing member Tammyhil
The "queens" wanted to be known as "Tammy" for anonymity!
LibraryThing member MarkLacy
Not too many books can make me laugh like this one did. I really enjoyed it. Would've given it a "10" rating if it hadn't been for the last part of the book just not being quite as funny as the rest.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
213 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0609804138 / 9780609804131