Jill Conner Browne

The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit Jill Conner Browne

Publisher Marketing: When does 1 + 1 = 3 (or more)? When you ve got a baby on the way. Part of that new math, says #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jill Conner Browne whom "USA Today" calls just plain funny includes the addition of an outsize sense of humor to balance the equation of your growing family. "The Sweet Potato Queens Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit" is a hilarious (though not scientifically tested) wink at the time-honored mysteries of parenting, for anybody who has ever had a kid or has ever known one, knows that the experience is neither fun nor profitable so, you might as well laugh! As each generation begins its hopeful, happy, and, yes, sometimes harrowing journey together as Parent and Child, together they spawn a new body of knowledge, the nuances of which will elude the Experts every time. Here are stories of the things we do for Mother Love or, the most incredibly full-time volunteer job ever and tips guaranteed not to be found in any other parenting guide. - How to Talk to a Pregnant Woman- How the Diamonds on Delivery Policy Can Speed Up the Labor Nature Intended- Why a Good Mother Is Always Adept at Subterfuge- The List of Things You Wouldn t Think You Would Have to Tell Kids Not to Do- Why Mothers of Sons Can Never Retireand- Why, for Parents, It s Just a Short Drive to the Poorhouse "The Sweet Potato Queens Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit" will have everyone who s ever been a parent or ever thought of becoming one or been a child or is still one giggling and grinning (no small feat) through those child-bearing years and beyond." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/24/2007 pg. 52 (EAN 9781423311287, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 116 (EAN 9781423311294, Compact Disc) Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 116 (EAN 9781423311270, Analog Audio Cassette) Publishers Weekly 11/12/2007 pg. 48 (EAN 9780743278362, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Browne, Jill Conner Jill Conner Browne, New York Times bestselling author and Boss Queen, tours and speaks full-time about all things Queenly. She is the author of The Sweet Potato Queens First Big-Ass Novel; The Sweet Potato Queens Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide; The Sweet Potato Queens Field Guide to Men: Every Man I Love Is Either Married, Gay, or Dead; The Sweet Potato Queens Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner); God Save the Sweet Potato Queens; and The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi.