The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, But Could Have, And May Yet

Simon & Schuster, 2008. Very Good. The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, But Could Have, And May Yet by Jill Conner Browne "I have no pride. I tell anything," Jill Conner Browne is fond of saying. A s Her Royal Highness, Boss Queen of the Sweet Potato Queens®, she has told legions of fans, known as "SPQ Wannabes," her delectable secrets to living, loving - and eating - like a queen. In her words, "More is more." How much more? The #1 New York Times bestselling author of five works of no nfiction now serves up The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet. The humor in this uproa rious coming-of-queen novel is more delicious than a favorite dessert (the Queens favor Chocolate Stuff?, of course). In Jackson, Mississippi, Mary Bennett, Patsy, Gerald, and Jill are high sch ool classmates whose daily routine is paced like a shuffle through the loca l red dirt - until the arrival of a redheaded newcomer banishes monotony fo rever. With her luxurious mane and voluptuous figure, Tammy Myers aspires t o join the silver-spooners, who make things happen in their lives. When Jil l convinces Tammy and the others that money might buy a certain kind of goo d time and that true friendship has no price tag, the "Sweet Potato Queens" are born. "If it ain't fun, we ain't doin' it," runs their official club m otto, and the Queens are true to their word. Together, the Queens laugh out loud as they step down the long - and not altogether pretty - road toward making their very own queen dust, the sparkle that comes from livin' and lovin' their own lives. The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-.