Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Ya Yas #1)
I loved the 2002 movie, I really don't know why I loved it when it's so dramatic and sad but it has a sort of sad charm to it. I must get a copy of this book. I found Vivi so sad yet... I don't know, interesting, the whole friends, sisterhood thing was beautiful.
Has anyone else read this book and thought it sucked? I was very disappointed in it. I started off excited to read this book and that's where that enthusiasm left me.To start - Wow religious! There are some books that make me go - hmm you're religious - I get your sense of peace from it. Or I can also read it and go ok you are one of the crazy religious people that are scary. This book was just like STOP TALKING ABOUT RELIGION!!! No one practiced what was preached and so I don't really
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
The only thing better than reading about dysfunctional, alcohlic, crazy families is reading about dysfunctional, alcoholic, crazy Catholic families. Who are Southern. Every now and then I'll sit down and reread the chapter where Vivi and her friends (fourteen at the time) travel to Atlanta by themselves for the premiere of Gone With the Wind and Vivi ends up throwing a plate at her cousin when he insults one of the maids. Then there's the time the girls enter a Shirley Temple lookalike contest
My mother and her Ya-Yas were called the sisters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Charleston S.C. I grew up on the marshes watching them swing dance, shuck oysters and throwing what always seemed like a never ending festival that celebrated life. They did community work and supported the local theatre, but mostly they just had a good time. I grew up in the whirlwind of color and laughter that now seems only like a distant dream. Momma passed 18 years ago and I dont think I will ever be the same. I
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 | : | Deluxe 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 Toward 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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I loved the 2002 movie, I really don't know why I loved it when it's so dramatic and sad but it has a sort of sad charm to it. I must get a copy of this book. I found Vivi so sad yet... I don't know, interesting, the whole friends, sisterhood thing was beautiful.
Has anyone else read this book and thought it sucked? I was very disappointed in it. I started off excited to read this book and that's where that enthusiasm left me.To start - Wow religious! There are some books that make me go - hmm you're religious - I get your sense of peace from it. Or I can also read it and go ok you are one of the crazy religious people that are scary. This book was just like STOP TALKING ABOUT RELIGION!!! No one practiced what was preached and so I don't really
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
The only thing better than reading about dysfunctional, alcohlic, crazy families is reading about dysfunctional, alcoholic, crazy Catholic families. Who are Southern. Every now and then I'll sit down and reread the chapter where Vivi and her friends (fourteen at the time) travel to Atlanta by themselves for the premiere of Gone With the Wind and Vivi ends up throwing a plate at her cousin when he insults one of the maids. Then there's the time the girls enter a Shirley Temple lookalike contest
My mother and her Ya-Yas were called the sisters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Charleston S.C. I grew up on the marshes watching them swing dance, shuck oysters and throwing what always seemed like a never ending festival that celebrated life. They did community work and supported the local theatre, but mostly they just had a good time. I grew up in the whirlwind of color and laughter that now seems only like a distant dream. Momma passed 18 years ago and I dont think I will ever be the same. I
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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