The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner

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Summary: a laugh on every page
Review: Jill Conner Browne's Sweet Potato Queen reigns! In this combo cookbook and financial planner, we're treated to more of her insouciant, sassy fun. Martha Stewart clones need not open this book, as it's filled with buttery, cholesterol cloggin', great-tasting recipes using lots of bacon, boxes of mixes and processed food, like Miracle Whip and jello.

Browne's common sense and hard-won wisdom enliven and inform each chapter, along with the antics of the Tammys and their men and kids. She's the madcap friend we all deserve to have--if there's no one like her in your life, go find a lady of a certain age who's not afraid to give anyone a (sometimes profane but extremely expressive) piece of her mind!

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Summary: Classic SPQ Manifesto
Review: This is another laugh-till-you-cry offering from Jill Conner Browne, the Boss Queen of all Sweet Potato Queens. It was so funny, I read it in one sitting! While not as full of the exploits of the Tammys as the two previous offerings, Jill skillfully links together her uproariously funny prose with actual recipes that she has collected or been given. Topics range from her mother moving in with her (which leads to a need for pie) to the Cutest Boy in the World, whose mother makes the Sweet Potato Stuff. Buy your very own copy because you'll have to read it more than once, and because the Queens are opposed to book-loaning, as it cuts into their plastic surgery fund!

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Summary: ex-SPQ wannabe wannabe
Review: While HRH JillConnerBrown struggles to keep her shocking, witty edge, her attempts fail miserably. I found myself losing interest and thinking I was reading books one and two. After meeting all of the people Jill mentions in her book, I was less than thrilled to read about their antics. The overall SPQ bandwagon was disappointing. If you like to see grown women act like drunk 18 year olds and dress like drag queens, go to the parade and adjoining festivities. Otherwise keep a safe distance from this book and it's followers.