American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets (Sweet Potato Queens Series) [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Jill Conner Browne (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2008 | Series: Sweet Potato Queens Series

Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life – usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: • Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder • How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” • Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand – just in case • How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime • Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Having previously written books on finding a man, planning a wedding, raising kids and coming through a divorce, Browne's latest offers hilarious tips on enjoying our inexorable trudge into Geezerdom. Browne is already checking off the days until November 23, 2012, when she turns 60 and can move into a retirement home; at 80, she plans to start smoking again. Looking back at her youthful follies (like slathering on baby oil for all-day tanning sessions), she warns, Karma is listening and she has ears like a bat. She and her sister have a pact to Get the Pillow (smother the other in her sleep) when the time comes. In Browne's case, that will be if I start watching reality TV, quoting Dr. Phil, riding roller coasters and seem to have forsaken bacon in favor of anything soy. While exhorting the pleasures of giving in to comfortable sandals and roomy underwear, Browne, in her best book yet, offers laugh-out-loud, slightly off-topic digressions (she passionately defends the term brick shithouse and rebukes tummy-control swimsuits). (Jan.)
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About the Author

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.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423311388
• ISBN-13: 978-1423311386
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Books on CD > Humor

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Jill Conner Browne is the New York Times bestselling author of six Sweet Potato Queens books. She lives and writes on all things Queenly from Jackson, Mississippi.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars still laughing, January 15, 2009

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Patricia Don Diego "IMZORRO" (Stevensville, Mt. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets (Hardcover)

What a great book. I laughed so hard and so often I scared my dogs.
When something is this enjoyable to read, why, it just makes any day a little brighter and happier. And of course there are the recipes! What more could one ask for? Laughter and food! This book has it all!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK!, March 2, 2009

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This review is from: American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets (Hardcover)

This book lived up to her previous works and I could not put it down until I read it cover to cover! HRH has another winner!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She did it again!, July 18, 2009

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Lane Springer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets (Hardcover)

Jill has gone back to her previous writing style and I love it! Couldn't wait for this book to hit the shelves (at Amazon that is!) so I could dive in:-)