"Always bet on a smart, older woman. We rarely pick a fight we can't win."

If I Were the Boss of You contains charming reflections, funny observations, and nagging worries we all share about our day-to-day existence. Who we are, what's important to us, and the small choices we make every day determine the course of our lives. Thompson utilizes her own brand of self-deprecating humor to ponder age-old, big-life questions. "A Chromosomal Point of View," "The Fake Eulogy," and "A Smack Down by Jesus" will make you laugh out loud. "Tiny Indignities" will make you cry. "Angels and Aliens" will keep you up in the wee hours wondering what will become of us. No Southern nostalgia, magnolias and moonlight, or voodoo queens here. This is a twenty-first-century, bossy Southern woman's take on real life.