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Summary: Boring.
Review: I can't imagine why this was on the bestseller's list for so long. After reading 100 pages and hoping it would get better, I decided it was a total waste of time and put it down. How it ever got published in the first place I will never know.
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Summary: A blissful read
Review: I just picked this book up yesterday, and I read until two in the morning because I was so caught up in the story of Sidda and her mother and the ya-yas. This book focuses mainly on friendship and love, things that are essential to every human being. Reading this book makes me want a group of girlfriends just as tight and close as the ya-yas. Yet at the same time, this book makes me happy because no matter what happens to any character, everythings pulls out right and blissful. I love this book, and I definitely recommend it to anyone. Although it may seem light and airy at first, there's a core that this book centers around, which makes the overall feeling fulfilling. I know that sounds strange, but it's the only way I can describe it. Anyway, read this book, you'll love it. =)
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Summary: A book every mother and daughter should read!
Review: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel every woman should take the time to read. The freindship that exists between these women is something to which everyone who has ever had a girlhood friend can realte. The special bond between women that Wells unfolds makes one yearn for the carefree days of childhood and find respect for the process of growing older. Each one of her characters touches a place within the reader. Well's ability to shift point of view effortlessly leaves one feeling as though she has spent the afternoon reminicing with friends on a porch swing on a summer's day in August. Her use of metaphor and descriptive prose enables one to be transported back to Lousisanna where the Ya-Yas began. Wells leaves the reader pining for more - and she leaves the door ajar to the possibility of another companion novel - perhaps from the point of view of one of the other Petit Ya-Yas. This novel is one that will envelop every woman who longs once again to be a girl.
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Summary: Breathtaking, emotional, "VIVID", one of the best.
Review: This book was wonderfully written. It takes you deep into the heart of the south in a time when the South was the true essence of living life to the fullest. I could really see this world come to life. I read Little Alters Everywhere first and in doing that it made this book even more wonderful. This book was crazy at times, but that is what made it come to life. It proves that love although painful can overcome and the bond between a mother and daughter might be forgotten, but is always there.
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Summary: Transitions of the mother-daugher relationship
Review: A great read! At times a bit painful because it struck a little to close to home, however I'd pick it back up again and bury myself into a few more chapters. This book reverberates much of the counseling I've sought for my own dysfunctional upbringing. What I've learned has allowed me to better comprehend some of what my parents were coping with at the time we were raised. I may never fully understood the why's of what occurred, but definately a better appreciation that they did the best they could with what they had. I can only fault them for not seeking out better tools to better cope, communicate and live. Sidda, like I have stuggled to understand how we failed our mothers. In this seeking, we found that we were not the cause. A better perspective and transition with our mothers occurred and a new leaf has been turned.
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Summary: Can't Get Enough of Ya-Ya
Review: If you are the one person on the planet who hasn't read this marvelous book of women and palship, you don't know what you are missing. This book is more than a book it's an EXPERIENCE. It will change your life. Don't yall forget that there's a Ya-Ya calendar on sale. I wish there was a video showing the author/actress performing this award winning novel!
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Summary: An excellent exploration of friendship.
Review: I have read the reviews posted by other readers and note that those who dislike the book are not Southerners. I suspose insight is best gained through thoughtful reflection - perhaps hard to attain while rushing... somewhere. Ya'll have missed it.
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Summary: A real heart warming story
Review: I caught myself wanting to laugh and cry at the same time! Awonderful yet tragic story of a mother, daughter and lifelongfriendships.
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Summary: GARBAGE! Why does everyone like this book?
Review: Well, if you loved the movie "Steel Magnolias," you'll probably like this book. Personally I thought the book was maudlin, silly, poorly- written crap. (I listened to the audio version-- did not read the actual book.) The nauseatingly cutesy names of the women put me off right from the start: Vivi, Teensy, Neecy, and Caro??? The only parts I found marginally interesting were the painful parts of Vivi's life (the convent, the drug problem, etc.). I especially hated the stupid secret ceremonies out in the woods and the long, sappy passages about the "wonder and beauty and glory of the fabulous ya-yas." Gag!
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Summary: Emotional relationship of friendship and mother-daughter exp
Review: Recently joined a book club and Divine Secrets of Ya Ya Sisterhood was our first selection. I was interested in anyone else's feedback or comments regarding this selection.
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