The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
First edition
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| Author | Rebecca Wells |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
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22 May 1996 |
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| Pages | 368 p. (First edition hardcover) |
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| OCLC | 34026753 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3573.E4937 D58 1996 |
| Preceded by | Little Altars Everywhere(prequel) |
| Followed by | Ya-Yas in Bloom, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 1996 novel written by Rebecca Wells. It follows the novel Little Altars Everywhere. In 2005, Wells wrote Ya-Yas in Bloom and then The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood tells the story of the downward spiraling mother-daughter relationship of Vivian Walker and Siddalee Walker.
When Vivi, Teensy, Necie, and Caro were younger, they created the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. The Ya-Yas caused shenanigans and chaos everywhere, but also had a sisterly bond that could fix anything. Now, at 70 years old, the Ya-Yas are determined to fix the struggling relationship between mother and daughter.
Siddalee "Sidda" Walker, a play director, has never had a smooth relationship with her mother, Vivi; but when a New York Times reporter twists Siddalee's words around in an article about her recent play, Vivi and Sidda's mother-daughter relationship goes spiraling down. Not only is Sidda having trouble with her mother, but she is also having trouble with her fiancé, Conner. Once the Ya-Yas hear of this, they give Sidda a sedative and sneak her away to their cabin, with the Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood scrapbook. The entire time, Vivi is unaware, and the only way Sidda can go back to her fiancee is to "knock the chip off her shoulder" and read the scrapbook to better understand her mother.
Vivi, also known as "Queen Dancing Creek," is one of the main characters. She is the mother of Siddalee, Lulu, Little Shep and Baylor. She is unhappily married to Shep Walker. Growing up in Thornton, Louisiana with her three best friends, she is the daughter of Mary Katherine "Buggy" Abbott and Taylor Abbott. She is physically and emotionally abused by her parents. Vivi is very dramatic and enjoys being the star of any group she is in. She is also deeply scarred by the abuse of her childhood. Vivi's high school sweetheart is Teensy's brother Jacques "Jack" Whitman, who is killed during World War II.
Known as "Princess Naked as a Jaybird," in the sisterhood, she is the daughter of Genevieve St. Claire Whitman and Mr Whitman. Genevieve acts as a mother figure to the group. Genevieve is from the bayou area and speaks Cajun French when not in earshot of her husband. Teensy is fun-loving and enjoys taking her clothes off—as a child, for play, and as an adult, as part of a striptease act she does for her friends. She is happily married to Chick Claiborne, her high school sweetheart, and has two children, Jack and Genny.
Crowned "Countess Singing Cloud," Necie is the gentlest, most steady member of the sisterhood. She is known for "thinking pretty blue and pink thoughts." She is the only one of the group to never smoke and to take a Lenten attempt to give up alcohol seriously. She is more religious than the rest of the group. Necie is married with seven children.
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