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Summary: "Ya-Ya" is Fun, Fast, and Ultimately Moving
Review: "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" is a novel set in the south in the 1960's. It tells about a group of friends who have been through it all- jealous mothers, multiple children, losing brothers, and lots of laughs. But when Vivien,one of the Ya-Yas, reads some awful things about her supposedly said by her daughter,she must come to terms with her Petite Ya-Ya all by herself.
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Summary: The Sisterhood Expands
Review: This book is so real to life. As I read this book I was able to associate with many of the things that happened. I felt as though I was becoming a YAYA as well. I was very upset when I finished the book because I wanted more. This is a happy feel good book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Summary: Southern friendship, love and life all here.
Review: Sidda Walker is just finishing up her latest play when trouble boils between her and her mother. When she realizes just how upset her mother is at her she realizes that there is more wrong in her life then she can admit.That is when the Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood book arrives. It tells the story of Sidda mom Vivi and her 3 lifelong friends Caro, Necie and Teensy and there lives lives. Sidda realizes while reading this amazing chronical of life that certain things that happen had a reason. With the help of the Ya-Ya's she puts the pieces together of some of her life and why things are the way they are. This book is an amazing book about how mothers and daughters live there lives and also how a life long friendship will stand the test of time.
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Summary: Read the book?Now hear the tape!
Review: To those who really enjoyed the book version of Rebecca Wells' Divine Secrets: listen to her tape. It is a three hour condensed version of the novel with characterizations dramatically performed by the author herself who is an actress turned novelist. The abridged version edited by Mary Helen Clarke offers a more focused storyline, concentrating on the mother-daughter conflict between Sidda and Vivi. Vivi's life story is abridged and the chapters dealing with Vivi's childhood have been edited out ( eg. Shirley Temple Look Alike Contest, Gone with the Wind Opening). To those who really enjoyed the tape: seriously consider reading the book to expand on the storyline and spend more time with these amazing characters.
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Summary: I love the Ya-Ya Sisterhood!
Review: I read this book thinking that it would be a trashy book fix that I would read and never think about again, but I was wrong. I read this book and it immediately became my bible, guiding me through everything from the proper conduct of a lady while her parents backs are turned to how to act when you've just been sent to the county jail with three of your best friends. I never thought that I would love this book so much, but it has become one of my classic summer reads. If you have never read The Divine Secrets, you must, or you'll be missing out on one of the best experiences of your life.
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Summary: Sticks Like Gumbo
Review: This story starts off very slow; it was hard for me to get into it for the first few chapters. Once the flashbacks started about Vivi and her Ya-Ya sisters, it got better. In fact, the adventures of the Ya-Yas were more interesting than Sidda's story, which was the frame of the book. The only male characters given a lot of attention are an old boyfriend of Vivi's, Vivi's dad, and Sidda's fiancee. However, this is a woman's story, not only about a mother-daughter relationship, but some heartaches that women experience and men don't.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: This book, the ya-ya's as i call it, is one of the BEST books I have EVER read. I have a little bit of each charecter insede. I have a riendship w a girl just like hey all have w eachother. I have 2 and my friend has 2. The book hit the spot in my soul. I tottally recommend this book to anyone who likes or even DOESNT like to read. Its a great book about friendship and hard times. Its not the type pf book where all is wel. The families have problems just like in the real world. Rebecca wells is a GREAT author. I would even like to meet her one day. Well enjoy your read.
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Summary: Southern Charmer....
Review: What a great mother-daughter book. I read this book a couple years ago and passed it along to my mother, who loved it. This book is charming, funny, touching, sad and forgiving. It's about the bond of lifetime friends, relationships between siblings and last, but not least, that special mother/daughter relationship. I found myself laughing out loud at times, and near the end, shedding a tear. I can't wait to see what the movie will be like! Mom's and kid's...go out and read it!
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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: In the middle of a midlife crisis, the main character's mother Vivi gives her daugher her most personal posession- her scrap book. Exploring the scrapbook, the main character is able to piece together her mother's life both before her birth and during her childhood and, eventually, pull herself out of her own funk. Frankly, I think the main character is a little whiney and very self absorbed- but the stories of Vivi and her friends in the 30s 40s and 50s are fantastic. This book embodies the relationship that every woman wishes she had with her friends - being children, growing up, getting married, having children, growing old - they do it all with style. So grab a cigarette and a bloody mary and go sit out on the porch in your underwear with your girlfriends and read this book.
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Summary: "The Secret History of the Louisiana Ya-Yas"
Review: On a hot Louisiana night, 4 young girls sneak off into the woods to perform a secret Indian ceremony that will forever transform them into the Ya-Ya's. Vivi, Caro, Teensy, and Necie share a bond of friendship that we all look for in life. From being disqualified from the Shirley Temple look-alike contest, being sent to the town jail for skinny-dipping in the water tower, and rescuing Vivi from a Catholic boarding school, these girls have always been there for each other. Now Vivi and her daughter Sidda aren't on speaking terms because a New York Times article about Sidda's newest play also mentions Vivi as a "tap-dancing child abuser." When the Ya-Ya's hear about this they are set to put Vivi and Sidda on the right track again. They convince Vivi to send her daughter the Ya-Ya's scrapbook. Through the letters, pictures, and other memoirs found in the 'Divine Secrets' scrapbook, Sidda is able to take a look back in time at the life the Ya-Ya's led. The stories of Vivi's life are woven throughout the novel as Sidda looks through the scrapbook. Sidda begins to see that her alcoholic mother had a rough childhood too and it would have been a lot rougher without the Ya-Ya's. Sidda remembers the good along with the bad times she had with her mother as a child and starts down the path of reconciliation. While reading this novel, I would laugh out loud at some of the audacious stunts the Ya-Ya's would pull and tear up right along with them when tragedy occurred. Witnessing the love they had for each other, despite their flaws, made me jealous that I'm not a part of a secret Ya-Ya society too.
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