Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Ya Yas #1) 
Maybe its because I'm catholic. Maybe its because I had a violent parent growing up. Maybe its because my family is peppered with endearing and frightening alcoholics, but something in me really connected with this little book.Its by no means perfect, but it does speak to the topic of what's right and/or wrong when raising a child.For me I was much more interested in Vivi's story, rather than Sidda's. The Vivi sections felt more alive for me, Jack's death, and her abandonment in violent
When the whole Ya-Ya craze was going on, my book club decided we'd better read it to see what all the fuss was about. In the end, we had to take a vote ("ya-ya" if you liked it; "no-no" if you didn't). I fell into the "no-no" group. I found it disturbing that hordes of women were flocking to this book that is really about completely dysfunctional families and marriages and a really unhealthy attachment to friends from the past. It made me wonder what's going on with women that this kind of

Much of this book I found really aggravating -- the unthinking privilege of the Ya-Yas, their total narcissism, the constant and tedious drama -- and yet I found myself looking forward to my lunch breaks so I could read it. Despite the foreignness of the situations and location, the class and race, there was still enough of my mother and me in Vivi and Siddalee Walker to make the book resonate with me. In the end, that's what I enjoyed (not quite the right word -- you know what I mean, though)
This book may be entertaining for someone who likes gossip so much, because here you can get to know all the juicy events that happened in the youth and life of four women who were best friends and thought they were absolutely amazing and called themselves the Ya-Yas.So, this story starts when a Petite Ya-Ya, that's how the Ya-Yas called their daughters, (not so petite anymore) let escape in an interview with the New York Times that her mother, the awesome Vivi, used to hit her. Vivi becomes so
This book just wasn't for me. I read this for the reading Rush for the prompt to read and watch a book to movie adaptation. So, even though I didn't really enjoy the book oh, I am so going to take the time to watch the movie. But I'm not happy.
The one thing I'll take from this book is when Sidda finally gives in and realizes she doesn't need to deeply understand everyone in her life and she just needs to love them where they're at and accept the love given to her. I think we all need to be better at this. we don't need all the answers all the time.
Rebecca Wells
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Title | : | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Ya Yas #1) |
Author | : | Rebecca Wells |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 383 pages |
Published | : | December 7th 2004 by Harper Perennial (first published 1997) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Audiobook |
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When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in the New York Times about a hit play she's directed, her mother gets described as a "tap-dancing child abuser." Enraged, Vivi disowns Sidda. Devastated, Sidda begs forgiveness, and postpones her upcoming wedding. All looks bleak until the Ya-Yas step in and convince Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of their girlhood mementos, called "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." As Sidda struggles to analyze her mother, she comes face to face with the tangled beauty of imperfect love, and the fact that forgiveness, more than understanding, is often what the heart longs for.Present Books Conducive To Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Ya Yas #1)
Original Title: | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |
ISBN: | 006075995X (ISBN13: 9780060759957) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Ya Yas #1 |
Setting: | United States of America |
Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2000), American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Adult Trade (1999) |
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Maybe its because I'm catholic. Maybe its because I had a violent parent growing up. Maybe its because my family is peppered with endearing and frightening alcoholics, but something in me really connected with this little book.Its by no means perfect, but it does speak to the topic of what's right and/or wrong when raising a child.For me I was much more interested in Vivi's story, rather than Sidda's. The Vivi sections felt more alive for me, Jack's death, and her abandonment in violent
When the whole Ya-Ya craze was going on, my book club decided we'd better read it to see what all the fuss was about. In the end, we had to take a vote ("ya-ya" if you liked it; "no-no" if you didn't). I fell into the "no-no" group. I found it disturbing that hordes of women were flocking to this book that is really about completely dysfunctional families and marriages and a really unhealthy attachment to friends from the past. It made me wonder what's going on with women that this kind of

Much of this book I found really aggravating -- the unthinking privilege of the Ya-Yas, their total narcissism, the constant and tedious drama -- and yet I found myself looking forward to my lunch breaks so I could read it. Despite the foreignness of the situations and location, the class and race, there was still enough of my mother and me in Vivi and Siddalee Walker to make the book resonate with me. In the end, that's what I enjoyed (not quite the right word -- you know what I mean, though)
This book may be entertaining for someone who likes gossip so much, because here you can get to know all the juicy events that happened in the youth and life of four women who were best friends and thought they were absolutely amazing and called themselves the Ya-Yas.So, this story starts when a Petite Ya-Ya, that's how the Ya-Yas called their daughters, (not so petite anymore) let escape in an interview with the New York Times that her mother, the awesome Vivi, used to hit her. Vivi becomes so
This book just wasn't for me. I read this for the reading Rush for the prompt to read and watch a book to movie adaptation. So, even though I didn't really enjoy the book oh, I am so going to take the time to watch the movie. But I'm not happy.
The one thing I'll take from this book is when Sidda finally gives in and realizes she doesn't need to deeply understand everyone in her life and she just needs to love them where they're at and accept the love given to her. I think we all need to be better at this. we don't need all the answers all the time.
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