"Bury Me with My Pearls is a real-life, roller-coaster ride of laughter, tears, and stomach-churning truths written by a professional speaker, humorist, and singer, who as Miss South Carolina, represented her state in the Miss America Pageant. Incorporating the analogy of pearls, this laugh-out-loud book bravely addresses difficult issues many in her audiences encounter within changing roles, self-actualization, and families."--Back cover

Bury Me With My Pearls is a real-life, roller-coaster ride of laughter, tears, and stomach-churning truths by a professional speaker, humorist and singer who, as Miss South Carolina, represented her state in the Miss America pageant and has been singing, speaking, and writing ever since. Incorporating the analogy of pearls, this book uses humor and spiritual principles to bravely address difficult issues many in her audiences encounter within changing roles, self-actualization, and families. Bury Me With My Pearls addresses the importance of how to guard the countless gifts given by our Lord and that doing the right thing is the right thing, regardless of our feelings or circumstances. It is about trusting God in all things and how he can turn our irritants into to pearls. Bury Me with My Pearls encourages us to develop our pearls, protect our jewels, carefully wear them next to our hearts, and share with others. All of this with a good splash of humor. Explore how to walk in love while pruning the family tree in an environment filled with difficult people and how God's power is released when learning to trust Him, to embrace the lessons being taught, and to grow spiritually no matter how painful. Like the process of the pearl, so many women need to find and embrace their buried treasures.

*Gold Indie Winner, Silver Medalist in the Illumination Awards, and Selah Finalist RHINESTONES ON MY FLIP FLOPS offers the message Jane lives by: prove people wrong and laugh while living your dreams. Has your life ever flipped? The challenge is to not become a flop! Strap on your sandals and let RHINESTONES ON MY FLIP-FLOPS deliver joy and laughter in the midst of everyday mess-ups. Professional Southern humorist and award-winning author Jane Jenkins Herlong uses humor, wisdom, and life stories from iconic biblical women to guide you through the inevitable blunders of life. Learn from the flip-flops of Deceived Eve, Domestic Diva Martha and Whiny Naomi. Laugh and be inspired by honest (ouch) stories delivered with Jane's sparkling sense of humor. Add in some "rhinestoned" advice from modern Women of Wisdom (WOW). And you will learn how to keep the sparkle and shine on your God-given talents even as you experience life's inevitable flops!

Laugh with SiriusXM Southern Humorist, Jane Jenkins Herlong as she journeys from the rows of her father's tomato field to the runway of the Miss America Pageant and beyond. Step into her hilarious world of big hair, plumped lips, and fashion-covered cat fights. Behind the curtain and beneath the laughter is a poignant message; back stage wisdom is more than skin deep.Jane is an award-winning author of five books and member of the Speaker Hall of Fame. (TM) She travels the country sharing her sweet tea wisdom and Southern fried humor."Jane Jenkins Herlong's blend of Southern humor and folksy wisdom is just priceless. She deserves to be right up there with Anita Renfroe and Chonda Pierce-in some ways, she's even better. The more suburban and bland our culture gets, the more precious genuine Southern culture like this becomes." Simon & Shuster Visit Jane's Website: www.janeherlong.com"My favorite part of Jane's book is when she said that you can't run with the big dogs sittin' on the porch." Sunney-Faye Hightower, Miss Coonhunt USAPaint on the face will not create beauty but the right foundation will. This book will stick with you longer than a big helpin' of grits!

The "Gloria Cycle" includes three related plays that explore the love and competition between mother and daughter chefs. Set in a backdrop of New York City and New York State, we follow Gloria, Yvonne, their friends and lovers.

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Finalist for the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery. Charlene "Charlie" Mack is a PI in Detroit. Born and raised in the city that America forgot, Charlie has built a highly respected private investigation firm through hard work, smart choices, and relentless ambition. Her team of investigators is highly skilled and trustworthy, but she secretly struggles with her sexual orientation and a mother with early-onset Alzheimer's. When Charlie and her crack team head to Birmingham, Alabama following the trail of a missing person, what should be a routine case turns into a complex chase for answers. Shady locals and a southern patriarch with dark secrets dating back forty years obscure their path. It seems like everyone has something to hide, including Charlie. When the case turns deadly with a double murder, and Charlie is attacked on a quiet neighborhood street, everything suddenly becomes personal. Who can Charlie trust, and will she ever solve the riddles of the Magic City? A Detroit native, Cheryl A. Head now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where she navigated a successful career as a writer, television producer, filmmaker, broadcast executive, and media funder. Her debut novel, Long Way Home: A World War II Novel, was a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in both the African American Literature and Historical Fiction categories. When not writing fiction, she's a passionate blogger and user of Twitter, and she regularly consults on a wide range of diversity issues.

Southern humorist Jane Jenkins Herlong brings joy and humor with her 50 unusual-but-true faith-filled stories of growing up in the South Carolina low country. Whether you love Southern ways of life or find their ways strange and amusing, you’ll be entertained and inspired with warm Southern-fried humor and tried-and-true tips for attaining the best version of yourself. Jane’s 50 stories address specific landmark events along with issues in a woman’s life, such as fitting into the covered-dish church culture, sacred sisterhood, sassy seasoned Southern women and why we are drawn to beauty pageant competition, and much more!