The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

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. Topics 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

And, of course:

• 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-u-wine article.

For more wit and wisdom, don't miss The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Audiobook and Financial Planner.

©1999 Jill Conner Browne (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

Critic reviews

"Hilariously funny and wise. Long live the Sweet Potato Queens!" (Fannie Flagg, author of Standing in the Rainbow)

Fun Read!

If you need to lighten up a bit, this author will have you laughing, smiling, and just generally cracking up. She even has recipes. I am a northern Michigan "girl" who knows little of the southern belles' mores, but now I want all my friends to be Sweet Potato Queens! If you listen to nothing else in this audio, be absolutely sure to listen to or read the last few minutes. Wonderful philosophy to live by!

2nd time was better than 1st

I originally read this book when originally published. Being from Mississippi-it was required reading at the time. However, the 2nd time through the book was wonderful (The 1st time was just GREAT!)
Listening to the book as Jill Conner Brown reads makes it even better.

I just saw the stage adaptation of this book (music by Melissa Manchester) and it spurred me to read again. The play was also hilarious.

Southern words to live by

Laugh out loud experience

I read (listened) to this years ago. Well worth listening again. I plan to work (work?) my way through all of them again.

Fun Southern Charm!

The book was a great educational piece of southern women. The author helped bring the book to life. Looking forward to trying some of the Sweet Potato Queen recipes.

Hilarious book!

Very very funny. All women can relate to this book. Observations on relationships, beauty, sex, child rearing, fashion, etc. are right on the mark. It gets a little racey/crass in parts -- but in a funny (not dirty) sort of way. I will reccommend it to all my girlfriends.

Great for laugh out loud moments!

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love?

I loved the part of about the different kind of men women need in their lives.

Any additional comments?

I found it generally amusing with many laugh out loud parts. If you need to take a break from serious stuff and just giggle through a book, this one might do the trick!

Love love love the sweet potato Queen's and the recipes

This is a wonderful book to listen to and read I personally think that it is better to listen to Jill read it to you it gives a lot more to it when you hear her read it you must read this book 1st before you read any of her other books following it is a basis for the sweet potato Queen's I also would like to mentionthat you should get your pen and paper out towards the end to write down the wonderful recipes she refers to I highly recommend this book for summertime reading at the beach and I love audible

Almost a Bible for Southern women!

What did you love best about The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love?

Whatever you do, don't listen to this book at the gym! I laughed so hard at the bit about the pork chop that I nearly flung myself off of the elliptical machine!

Which scene was your favorite?

The opossum story. It's a classic.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughed so hard I cried through most of the book!

great fun food and laughs

If you could sum up The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love in three words, what would they be?

this is a great start of a great set of book jill has i think 11 plus books get them all you will laugh and cry and run out and what your self your very own queen. the hard part about listen to these book you with want to buy there in writing as well so that you can take note

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love?

the whole book is great just get it

Have you listened to any of Jill Conner Browne’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

see above

What did you learn from The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love that you would use in your daily life?

read it and you well learn it too

A Positive Outlook on All Things

Jill Conner Browne is a fantastic narrator and a wonderful story teller; this book, as with most of the Sweet Potato Queen’s books includes a lot of fun stories some about her or from friends and fans. Browne has the perfect recipe for these books, it starts off with a lot of funny short stories, with some advice thrown in, of course, then there is a sad/tear-jerker story somewhere in the middle, and then she wraps it up with some recipes which sound to die for.

Prepare to fantasize about delicious treats and cocktails while laughing your ass off. If you’re ever in need of a pick-me-up, the Queen will make you feel good.