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Summary: Gives depth to LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE
Review: When I call DIVINE SECRETS... a personal read, what I mean is it gets to the core of issues that touch the heart. Not everybody is fated to lead a colorful life like the one mother and daughter Vivi and Sidda share. But their story perfectly illustrates how time can heal all wounds if we let it, and how love truly prevails over even the most painful of obstacles.Although author Rebecca Wells' book LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE (with the same cast of characters) can stand alone, it somehow seems incomplete or unfinished once you read this one. DIVINE SECRETS... completes the picture. I recommend that if you read one, read the other as well.
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Summary: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Review: Rebecca Wells' novel, the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, portrays the truths of growing up and the reality of relationships between mothers and daughters. Wells writes informally and descriptively so that the setting of Louisiana creates and authentic feeling that the reader easily connects with. Also used in the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood are metaphors, vernacular style, and symbols. These devices add to the overall effect of the novel giving it a light, warm hearted mood. The southern dialect exemplifies the unique culture in Louisiana. The story covers the time in Sidda's life where she ultimately finds herself with the help of her mother Vivi and the Ya-Yas. The novel stresses the importance of the relationship between a mother and her daughter. They must exist in one another's lives in a way in which positive feelings are received. I enjoyed the novel with its humor and description. I felt I connected with the story line and overall message given by Rebecca Wells. I recommend the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood to anyone looking for an entertaining read with a deep and meaningful theme.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This is the WORST book that I have ever read! In fact, I didn't finish it. What a waste of money. I don't understand how anyone could relate to that type of writing. The ya-ya language is unreal!
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Summary: Just a great read
Review: Funny and sad, tragic and uplifting. Like "Little Altars Everywhere," (which I recommend you read first) this book takes you deep inside this Louisiana family and simultaneously makes you wish you had been there and glad you grew up with your own weird messed up family instead!
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Summary: GREAT READ!
Review: Divine Secrets is a book that will make you laugh and cry. It will also make you reflect on your own life as well as those special friends who are always there for you. As soon as I was done reading the book I loaned the book to my daughter and then to two other friends. The last friend, and fellow Ya-Ya, that borrowed the book accidentally dropped it in an airport toilet and went to the trouble to "save" the book. It is a book that you will never forget reading and will recommend to many others.
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Summary: Book: 5 stars; Movie 0 Stars
Review: What else can be said that my other reviewers hasn't already covered? This is a great, Cajun-flavored book that examines relationships and friendships between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the five female friends who formed the Ya-Yas as children.
With the help of a thick scrapbook and the Ya-Yas themselves, a rift between Sidalee and her mother Vivi is resolved, tightening the bonds between mother and daughter. Along the way, the reader discovers the divine secrets of the Ya-Yas, although the main focus is Vivi Abbott Walker. At times the book is quite hilarious, at times very sad, which makes for a great story, because that's what life is all about. After reading this wonderful book, I was anxious to see the movie. Don't bother--the film is a huge disappointment compared to the book.
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Summary: great book...great story
Review: very funny!!!!! and worth the read for sure.
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Summary: laugh, cry, and everything in between...
Review: What a fantastic book! I've been wanting to read this book since I first heard of it, if nothing more than because of the allure of the title. Then the movie came out, and I had to read it before I could watch the movie (which I haven't done...yet!). I finished last night, and I must say that it is amazing. Wells writes so naturally that you really feel like you're sitting there listening to Vivi (the mother) or Sidda (the daughter) tell stories from their childhoods. I laughed out loud several times (maybe because I related to the Southern humor?), which is pretty rare for this reader(see my review of "The Nanny Diaries"!) At first the book starts out like a light-hearted collection of Louisiana stories, but it soon digs deeper into the past, which is not always as sunny. I really paid attention while I read, which I think made all the difference in the world. There are several characters, and you have to put them in the context of the plot since the storyline jumps from present to past. I could also pick out similarities to "White Oleander" because of the mother-daughter connection. Don't miss this book! (...and the movie may not be half-bad either.)
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Summary: Funny & Uplifting
Review: By now, most readers interested in the book have seen the movie. Well, if this is you, then your in for a treat. And if you're a reader who's waiting to read the book before the movie...you're in for an even better treat. This story is both uplifting and heart-rending as the reader is drawn into the troubled lives of Sidda Lee Walker and her attention-driven, alcoholic mother Vivi Walker. This is more than Southern women's hijinx. It strikes to the heart of what family is...what it should be. It is the bond between mothers and their children and the imperfect lives we all lead. Throw in some comedy, some fun-loving friends, personal vendettas, and a book of Divine Secrets...and you've got one amazing story!
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Summary: Divine Secrets
Review: I thought Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood was a great book. It was down to earth and I thought I could really relate to the book. This book was about a group of woman called the Ya-Yas. There was Vivi, Caro, Necie, and Teensy. Even though they had a significant part in this book, the story wasn't about them. What it was really about was the realation ship between a mother (Vivi) and daughter (Siddalee). Growing up with the Ya Yas Vivi made a scrap book of all the memorable events that happened in their lives. Sidda never understood her mother growing up as a child, and now that she is grown up, more than ever she wants to see what is in the scrap book, and all she wants to see is how her mother's life was when she was a teen, and how her parents treated her. This book takes you through the ups and downs of life and makes you realize that no matter how hard and bad your life is there are other people out there experiencing the same thing. So if you are lost in life and don't understand why life goes on the way it does then I recommend this book to you.
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