I may have preferred to read this rather than listen to it. Although the author's accent does add flavor, she read so slowly that it diminished the experience; 7 disks should've been 6 or even 5. This was my first Sweet Potato Queens experience & I see how she turned it into a "movement". Parts...
Read her other books and enjoyed them more but do read this. You will belly laugh with the SPQ's tales of Walmark shoppers & driving the Penn Turnpike in a motor home (gah! a nightmare in daylight in fine weather....but read her frantic chapter) and keep laughing!The chapter telling of the deat...
The One Sentence ReviewCharacterization: Prepare to meet a lively bunch of characters but to not necessarily get to know any of them or their motivations, etc…well. Setting: Set almost entirely in Jackson, Mississippi, a love of the South and the lifestyle that entails is important to this nov...
I listened to this on tape and laughed out loud. She is so irreverent and funny. I guess it's a southern thang.--hr From Publishers WeeklyGrab your Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margarita mix, a bag of Fritos, a pan of Chocolate Stuff and turn off the phone, because Browne is back with a sassy a...