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Summary: Two Thumbs WAY way up...
Review: I don't know if I can be any more enthusiastic than this, but this has got to be the best book I have EVER read. It kept me in stiches. I was enthralled with the language, the sensuality, the history of the Ya-Yas... It reminded me of my mother's group of friends from grammar school that she has kept in close contact with for over 40 years! The Shirley Temple contest was brilliant; I have never laughed myself to tears from reading a book. What a delight! I read Little Altars after Divine Secrets and thoroughly enjoyed it as well. I wait with bated breath for Wells' next installment... I hope she continues the saga!
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Summary: summer escapism at it's best
Review: I jumped right into their family of trials and tribulations and except for the setting, it could have been my own. How wonderful to revisit the 50's and see what it was like to be a Mom in a small town and how the daughter always wondered what her mom was really like as a person...don't we all want to know our family better? Pure summer fun...I'm recommending it to our book club.
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Summary: Grab this book and read it NOW!
Review: Then send it to all your girlfriends! The strength of womens' friendships through hardships and joy absolutely glows!
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Summary: It hit way too close to the mark.
Review: The pathos, humor, loneliness, isolation, interference -- all of it was familiar. Ya-ya's were a way of survival in a time when honesty was painted with a social face and no mouth. I think many people who would like to be ya-ya's are craving the unquestioning friendship and trust that the friends had and modern youth cannot grasp. However, I read it in 2 days and am determined now to leave clear clues as to who I really am for my children to discover me - the good, bad and ugly. It's a provocative, bubblegum-for-the-brain book. Some of the motifs were clumsy, but the story held up leaving a pleasant aftertaste.
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Summary: One of the funniest, most poignant books I have read.
Review: I had many a chuckle and many a tear as I read this story of a daughter trying to find herself and re-create her mother's life. The bond between the four Yaya sisters was a delight to read about and would make anyone wish for such compassionate friends. I hope my book club will select this book for a read and discussion next year.
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Summary: A great read
Review: This book is both funny and poignant. While there are some laugh out loud moments, it's also a touching story of the total connection between mother and daughter, and women and their friends. It weaves a compelling story of four friends, (the self named ya-ya's)and traces their childhood from the pre world war II years to the present. Set in Louisiana, the story recounts momentous events in lives of the girls as they are growing up.. from the premier of "Gone With The Wind", to the life changing events of the Second World War. As the daughter of one of the main characters unravels the Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood through her mother's scrapbook, she discovers skeletons in the closet that will not only change her relationship with her mother, but help the daughter uncover and deal with her own emotional issues.
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Summary: wonderfully entertaining, so realistically written
Review: I couldn't put this book down. It kept me engrossed from departure to arrival on a long international flight. Sleep deprivation didn't matter. I was totally involved in this hilarious and wonderfully realistic interpretation of female friendship. It made me think about just how special these friendships indeed are.I insist that my mother reads it. Next are my girlfriends.
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Summary: This book consumed my mind...
Review: I found this book quite by accident, and I am glad that I hadn't heard anything about it before I dove in. Wow. "Divine Secrets" made me very glad that my grandmother left Louisiana when my mother was three :) but also made me very sad that my best friend and I won't grow old together in the same town. Of course, I realize how disturbed Vivi was (and, perhaps, the rest of the Ya Yas), but one must admit that their life had its enviable qualities -- especially the Ya Yas unconditional support for each other. Who wouldn't love to know that their children had three families to whom they could turn in times of need? Realistically, I have more envy for Sidda, who was able to leave Louisiana behind, become successful, and finally learn to live with her past. I started "Divine Secrets" one morning on the metro. When I got to work, I immediately e-mailed my mother that she had to go out and buy the book. I think she's glad her mother left Louisiana, as well!! I look forward to many more novels by Rebecca Wells, but "Divine Secrets" will certainly not gather any dust!!! I read one book after another, and sometimes they blend; "Divine Secrets" stands out among them all.
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Summary: 25 people in my bookclub LOVED it!
Review: I am a MALE who read and loved this book. Very thought provoking and funny.A great work of fiction.
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Summary: I was completly Ya Ya fied...
Review: By the fourth page I had cried and laughed out loud, and it continued throughout the book It has caused me to want to reach down into my southern roots and pull them to the top for examination. It was hard to decide whether I fit more into the YaYa period or Petites YaYa. Although I am 62 I saw myself in both venues, and my mother as well. I wish I could write but I am definitely putting down some memories. I also love reading Pat Conroy novels, but have read all of them and waiting for more. I read Little Altars Everywhere and think Divine Secrets is best!
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