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Average rating3.6
“A big, blowzy romp through the rainbow eccentricities of three generations of crazy bayou debutantes.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter.” —Washington Post “Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have portrayed the power and value of female friendships, but no one has done it with more grace, charm, talent, and power than Rebecca Wells.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch The incomparable #1 New York Times bestseller—a book that reigned at the top of the list for an remarkable sixty-eight weeks—Rebecca Wells’s Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a classic of Southern women’s fiction to be read and reread over and over again. A poignant, funny, outrageous, and wise novel about a lifetime friendship between four Southern women, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood brilliantly explores the bonds of female friendship, the often-rocky relationship between mothers and daughters, and the healing power of humor and love, in a story as fresh and uplifting as when it was first published a decade and a half ago. If you haven’t yet met the Ya-Yas, what are you waiting for?
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3 primary booksYa Yas is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Rebecca Wells.
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I tried to read this book when I was probably 12 or 13, when the movie came out. I struggled with it, and gave up on it. I can see now why I did; the subtleties of the relationships and the detailed explanations and the interwoven secrets escaped me then.
I'm glad to have read this book. I enjoyed it for what it is; I do not consider it amongst books like The Count of Monte Cristo. It is no classic novel. But it was the predecessor to the entire genre of “chick lit” that is so popular today, but with all the heart and emotion and drama that should be there in those books - but rarely is.
I really, really enjoyed this book. Now I'd like to watch the movie again, and see how it compares.
Men, put this book down.
Don't you see? It says “Sisterhood”...right there on the cover.
For women only, but, for us, a delightful read.