Jill Conner Browne: The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

Three Rivers Press (Paperback);
ISBN: 0609804138
Sisters, I come before you today to give my testimony. I have read the book and it is good. I have found that the truths contained within the book are true and worthy and indeed reveal to us the secrets of the universe. Can you give me a hallelujah here?  

Amen. I beg of you now to take up the book and go forth to enlighten those not fortunate enough to have opened its covers and discovered the wisdom contained therein. Give me another hallelujah, sisters. 

Amen, sisters, amen. Yea verily, I say unto you now, get off your dead butts and get on down to the local bookstore and buy The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love.  

Hell, buy two. I guarantee that if you loan out your first copy (and you will -- trust me on this) you'll never see it again. Jill Conner Browne has written just about the funniest book ever on being southern, female, and most of all -- on being a Queen. 

Face it, after your best friend shamelessly makes off with the one you've lent her, you're going to need that second copy to remember the recipe for "Chocolate Stuff" and "Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas." Woman cannot live on diet food alone.  

Not to mention that you might want to go back from time to time to refresh your memory on the "True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding." Double-check to make sure you have the "Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times." And of course, be positive that you know "What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes" (one of my favorite chapters, by the way). 

It doesn't matter if you were born south or north of the Mason-Dixon Line, the Sweet Potato Queen has the goods on all the tricks to become and stay a Queen for life. (And you won't even have to compete with a bunch of bimbos to get your crown.)  

Fellas, you should pick up a copy of this book too. Once your Queen knows the secret to "Big Hair" and "How Not to Do Jackshit," men will be clustering around her supremely desirable body in droves. If you plan to stay her Official Consort, you'd better read up. 

Sisters, once again I say -- from the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' "Promise" to "The Best Advice Ever Given," this book will have you laughing for hours and long recalling Jill Conner Browne's sly wit and lunatic wisdom. Amen. 

Hey, Jill -- how's that for sucking up? Can I be a Sweet Potato Queen now?

Teri Dohmen

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Readers Respond:

God Bless the Sweet Potato Queen is more than a bit offensive. Jill Conner Brown, the so called SPQ is a displaced, misguided, middle aged "Southern Lady" wanttobe, who is giving a bad name to the sisterhood of women.

She is crude, rude and down right vulgar, anything but a true woman. Certainly, her problems with men, God and life stem from childhood phobias that have never been resolved. Spouting off a lot about having to give unfulfilled promises to men, in order to get her way, shows her for what she is a cheap tart!! She seems to have not only lost at love but also at being a real woman.

There are several very cute stories told within her books. The use of foul language and references to sexual favors, etc, entitles her to Queen of Tramps. The so called SPQ is an embarrassment to the sisterhood of all women. She has proven a spin on anything can make one's pocket book fatter, especially if it is laced with filth. Glad I did not invest in lining your pocketbook. Just checked you out at the library. Even that is too much to pay for "trash"!

Elizabeth Sandifer

OUTRAGEOUS! AWESOME!

I absolutely adored it! It was a gift from my best friend who recognized the fact that I needed some laughter and fun...there is more to life than work, you know. This book helped me to discover some things about myself that were hidden for years. Thank you, Jill Connor Browne, for inspiring me to take a chance and have some fun! Don't forget to check out her next book coming in January 2001!

Your friend,
Mrs. Frey

Absolutely the best book I've ever read. Went back and bought five extra copies to give friends because I certainly would not consider lending mine out. Laughed out loud so often that I would not recommend reading this in a public place. It saddened me to reach the end of the book. I wanted more. Please, please, please, Tammy, write another one.

Lynn

Here we are. A bunch of guys sitting around after my wife has not only proclaimed she is the sweet potato queen. SHE IS THE SWEET POTATO QUEEN. She has already contacted you, and you agreed. She is a sweet potato queen. Please Help Us Innocent MEN. Thank you.

JWMAB@aol.com

Here I am, a husband of a wannabe sweet potato queen. (SHE IS A SWEET POTATO QUEEN.) We are at a party, she is out being a sweet potato queen, and I just can't explain it. We are at a party, she has the children, and at the end of the night, I'm still in trouble. PLEASE! Make her a queen so I can have a court to serve my needs,

JWMAB@aol.com

I read this "Instant Mood Elevator" on a night flight to Louisville. I laughed, snorted, wheezed and gasped until everyone within earshot, (including my husband) threatened to put me off the plane! Jill Conner Browne knew exactly how to tickle my funny bone! I will forever yearn to be a "Sweet Potato Queen"!!! Jill...quick!!! Write another one!!!!

Lynn

The Sweet Potato Queen of Queens
Jill is every southern woman's kind of woman... guts to gab about the fat facts of life that are alarmingly hillarious things we can relate to... from food to friends, men to margaritas and beyond.  I have encouraged friends near and far to share in the blessings of her book.  Buy two, and give one to some gal pal that you really love like you love Tammy!!!

Mary Ellen, Shreveport, La.

Being of the Southern Belle persuasion myself, I can not express, to those who don't have a clue as to the ways of a Queen, as to the absolute truth behind this book.

For those who don't know a thing about Queenly-isms, and just want a lift me up...This is it!! A Gotta Have!!!

But be advised...Don't read it in bed late at night next to a loved one...you'll wake 'em up!

Rhoda

After reading The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love, I am quite certain that I am truly meant to be a Queen myself. Why, just the thought of all those multitudes groveling at my feet for attention makes me all warm and fuzzy. I loved the book. I laughed until I cried. I will Never forget the Most Prepared Woman in the World. I agree wholeheartedly with the advice given in this book. Of course, men may not see things in the same light, but.... LOL

I think all of my friends are lining up outside our local bookstore for copies even as we speak. Terrific book!!!

Brenda Penepent

I just finished eating a whole batch of "chocolate stuff", and I'm in heaven. Pass this book out to all your lady friends and start building yourself a float!

Mary Jo Lamberg