Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel (The Ya-Ya Series)

The bestselling novel about a lifetime friendship between four Southern women that explores the bonds of friendship between women, the often-rocky relationship between mothers and daughters, and the healing power of humor and love – now reissued with a new preface and a fresh new look. “Readers who like their books about the human condition spiced witha Southern drawl won’t want to miss this one.” — Mississippi Sun Herald 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.” ?Wells’ “wonderfully irreverant” (Booklist) excavation of smalltown Louisianna life is “thick with sensual excesses” (Seattle Weekly); and 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.