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Summary: Divine
Review: A book that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. A great read and Wells captures so truly the mother-daughter relationship as well as the relationship between life friends.
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Summary: This book tries to manipulate women
Review: Why should I feel an attachment to a self-professed exclusive group of spoiled rich girls who are stuck in time forever at the age of 15 in order to maintain this so called "sisterhood"? I felt more attached to the children and husbands who were relegated to some sort of second place status, and taken for granted, abused, and ignored by these women. I felt manipulated by the author into trying to feel sorry for this pathetic group of women who never grew up. It's nice to have friends, but not healthy to have friends who don't allow you to change and mature. Life has ups and downs, but at some point it's time to enter the adult world. These women neglected to do that... as much as they played at doing it. The fun of being in the adult world is that you invite people into your life and love, grow, and learn from them. Keeping themselves in a group like this kept them at a certain point of non-development . This is not a book I want my daughter to use as guidance for mature, female relationships.
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Summary: Great Summer Read
Review: I saw the movie before reading the book and felt that the movie was lacking somthing, so I picked up the book.
Mind you,I have a pile 10 books high of Oprah books I keep meaning to read, but with 4 wild kids, it just never seems to happen.
This book happened--it pulled me in immediately.
Not only did it touch nerves regarding my own feeelings about my mother, but it made me think of my own feelings AS a mother.
I wondered if I was screwed up, or if I was doing the screwing up part to MY kids,lol.
Sometimes, when all that can be seen is "the relationship" with one's parent/children- it is hard to tell, but by the end of the book one comes to terms with it all to some degree, an acceptance that basically "life is short, but it is wide."
What an iteresting book ,not just the stories of Sidda and Vivi, but the story it makes the reader remember of her own memories and childhood. The stories the reader sees her children remembering one day.
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Summary: Every Women
Review: What a wonderful book! I read it cover to cover and then picked it back up and started again! Then I send it to my mother and all of my girlfriends who have in turn recommended it to everyone they know!This is the group of girlfriends that I always longed for, even now. Pick up this book and by swept away!
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Summary: Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Review: Excellent - Rebecca Wells is an amazing story teller with an unbelievable ability to absorb you into the story. I didn't to put it down, nor did I want it to end!
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Summary: a pretty good book
Review: This book is very entertaining, interesting characters that really grab you. It is a good summertime book, enough plot and substance to be a good book but still has lighthearted moments. If you are from the South you will be able to identify with alot of the Louisiana stuff. I think most females would enjoy this book on some level because of the emphasis on female friendship and all the Ya-Ya stuff. It is a great book. Will make you wish you had a group of girlfriends like the Ya-Yas!! :)
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Summary: Wonderful Read
Review: I'll forego the book description, as I see that has previously been done, but suffice to say that "Divine Secrets of the Ya-YA Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells is a book that will hold the reader's attention - one you can identify with, especially if you are a woman, and one that delves into the diverse relationships between women as well as mother/daughter. Can't wait to see the movie!
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Summary: Magical
Review: My mother and I have been at odds for over 2 decades. We could not speak to eachother for over 10 years. I read these books last summer and the relationship between Vivian and Sidda touched a few nerves. It took some effort to read the books without crying and having terrible feelings emerge but I began to understand that my mom was only human and has the same insecurities that I do... I gave my mother Little Altars and Ya-Ya's a few months ago. Last night she asked me to see the film with her. Our relationship seems to be returning and I can only assume it is because these books made me look at her through different eyes and vice-versa. I thank Rebecca Welles for this development in our relationship!
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Summary: Wickedly Funny Portrait of Southern Womanhood
Review: If you're a woman, have mother issues, and want to find some perspective, this is a wonderful book. It seques between past and present, richly embroidering its characters with intensity I have rarely found in books these days. Thoroughly readable, and I can't wait to see the movie.
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Summary: A story about a mother & daughter
Review: If you have ever had a troubled relationship, or troubled moments with your mother, you will understand this book. This is basically the story of a woman at a crossroads. Sidda has had her words used against her in a NY Times article and her mother (Vivi) is ticked. Due to the reaction of her mother, Sidda puts her wedding on hold and takes off to figure her mom out--and to understand herself a little better. The book is filled with stories--some are happy, some are not pleasant at all. The reader must keep in mind that the families in the book are atypical. There are unpleasantries in everyone's life that must be examined. Sometimes, the best way to examine them is upclose with the bare facts. Vivi loans Sidda her scrapbook "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Vivi also allows her friends to speak to Sidda about the past. Through the scrapbook and the Ya-Yas, we learn why Vivi is the kind of mother she turned out to be. We also learn how the bonds of friendship are strengthened by shared dispair, trauma and life experiences. I wish everyone friendships like the Ya-Yas, and I recommend this book to everyone.
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