The Sweet Potato Queens' Big Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner) by Jill Conner Browne (Very good, 2003, Pbk, 267 pgs, Three Rivers Press)

Cover and pages have light wear; pages appear to be unmarked. ISBN 060980877x

They’re wild, beloved, and all-around fabulous, but with the Sweet Potato Queens, there’re just never enough good times—or enough good eats. Well, now all fabulous women everywhere can have their own mountains of royal fun and food, because bestselling author and Boss Queen Jill Conner Browne is revealing her big-ass top secret recipes—and the events that inspired them—in The Sweet Potato Queens’ Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner). And, of course, she’s dishing up plenty of hilarious stories, including:

• Queenly adventures in mothering
• The tiniest bit of plastic surgery
• The all-true story of the Cutest Boy in the World

And, oh yes, as promised: Sound financial planning. Tip number one: Hope that Daddy lives forever.