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Summary: I'm having book letdown after this one
Review: After the third time reading this book, I have had the worst trouble finding anything that even comes near to the profound joy this book gave me. It made me call my best friend and tell her how much I love her and how I would give anything for those days long gone where we just hung out together. Thank you Rebecca for an exceptional read!
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Summary: Very emotional read
Review: this book was tough to get through, it was packed with different emotions that i really felt. i loved the setting in the south for this book, it suted the characters and the plot extremely well.
the idea for a book about a bunch of best friends was definately done in many other ways but i found this one the most intimate and deep read out of the others I've read.
prepare yourself to cry a lot, yet the emotions in this book will also leave you laughing. i loved it.
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Summary: Let's hear more about the other Ya-Yas
Review: I thought this was an interesting book, but the most intriguing part of the story, the friendship between the four women, was hardly touched. I would have loved to hear more about how they all supported each other through the years, how they laughed, how they cried.One other thing - I could not understand why Vivi engendered such loyalty in these other Ya Yas. She certainly tried their patience!! I think I must have missed those qualities in the Vivi character. However, I thought the Lawander the Elephant anecdote was simply wonderful - oh that something that inspirational had happened to me as a child!
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Summary: The Best Ever
Review: I originally bought this book because I just wanted something different, did I ever get that! I'm hooked now. This is by far my all time favorite book. Hard to put down and I'm ready to read it over and over, something I've never done. My mother is reading it now and just overwhelmed by the emotions of the book. I'm buying it for all my girlfriends for their birthdays! This is a must read for every woman!!
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Summary: The Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Review: It made me laugh, cry and long for every female I've ever loved.
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Summary: With Friends Like These...
Review: People from the South of US are very peculiar. Much more are the four ladies --who have been friends for over 50 years--, the protagonists of this wonderful novel. Many people claim this to be a 'chick novel', but I don't agree with them. It may talk much more about the female universe than the male, but it is worth reading by any person who likes reading about friendship, love, family and all these crazy things that we have in life. Siddalee Walker has never had a very easy relationship with her mother. But things got much worse when in an interview to The New York Times she refers to her mother as a 'child abuser'. Vivi, the mommy, refuses to talk to her anymore. When Sidda starts working on a stage prodution about female frendishp, she asks her mother's help and she receives a scrapbook called "Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood". Through this book she will learn how her mother's life has been since when Vivi was a little girl and met her 3 Ya-Ya friends. Needless to say that Sidda's life will never be the same again. The novel has two distintc poles: Siddalee's life and Vivi's life. And the reader can notice that although both lives seem to be different at first, both mother and daughter share much more in common than they would ever imagine. Vivi's life is told by her book, by letters, by the three other Ya-Yas, by memories... These many points of views and resources used by Rebecca Wells only enhance the reading, making it be easier and much more interesting than if there was a single narrator. By the way, Rebecca Wells has created some of the most 'vivid' -- according to Sidda, this word comes from her mother's name -- female characters of contemporany literature. Her four Ya-Yas are irrepressible. They are normal people like us, trying to make their lives a better place to live in. Sidda can be any woman anywhere. She shares the same fears and joys of women have been facing ever since. This novel is dominated by female characters, but the few men who show up are also very interesting and well developed. The text is funny and lyrical, but be ready, you may need some tissues sometimes. My advice is: read this novel and learn a bit about friendship, loyalt, love and other things that make life worth living. This is a wonderful book, that should be read by everyone.
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Summary: Women Friendships are Great
Review: Highly recommend for the woman in each of us who longs for a tight knit circle of friends. I left the book with an overwhelming feeling of warmth and wished I could have been the fifth YaYa in the group!
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Summary: Can I rate this "6" Stars?
Review: Wow! This is a novel that never leaves the reader. The Ya-Ya's
are the sisterhood we all long to be a part of. This is a book for every woman.
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Summary: My favorite book ever!
Review: The thing I love about this book are the vivid
and flawed characters.One thing I love about
the South is how the women have close relationships
and root for each other.Another thing because this is
the bible belt of America people are more conservative
and they always seem to know each others business.That
usually makes things more interesting and shocking.I saw the
movie trailer for this book and I loved the cast but they
better not destroy my high expectations.
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Summary: "Stand By Me" mixed with "Waiting To Exhale"
Review: Sorry for the movie references, but that's how i can best summarize the book and what it conjures up, visually. After hearing fantastic raves about this book, i finally got a chance to read it, without even knowing what it was about--thus, i was disappointed. Why? Imagine your Grandmother, sitting in a rocking chair, telling you loads of stories of her "back in the day", and compiling all those stories into a book. If that kind of thing is your bag, then the Ya-Yas are for you. (Personally, the sweet nostalgia and coming-of-age type things are not for me.) I read through the initial chapters, wading through the multitudinous stories of Vivi as a child, playing silly tricks and bonding with her 3 best friends. As i read further, I realized that the book is comprised of mostly that. Although intricately described with lots of local color by Rebecca Wells, the movement of this book I found to be quite stagnant. Understand that it's a real estrogen-y, "bonding" type of book which basically reads like an autobiographical account of one's childhood, whether you find it interesting or not. Another qualm: While you may be paying money to read about Vivi's family stories, expending the energy and time to acquaint yourself with their names, stories, and events---try getting to know your own family history. I'm sure a lot more interesting things would surface that are more sentimental and personal than the fictional Ya-Yas. Again, if "grandma tells a story from the olden days" is not your thing, then don't get this book. For those who do like this book, good for you--you have more patience and estrogen than I do.
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