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 Retire and - 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.
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.
