{"product_id":"divine-secrets-of-the-ya-ya-sisterhood-a-novel-by-rebecca-wells-copy","title":"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel by Rebecca Wells","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may call to mind Prince of Tides in its unearthing of family darkness; in its unforgettable heroines and irrepressible humor and female loyalty, it echoes Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.  Editorial Reviews  Wells is a Louisiana-born Seattle actress and playwright; her loopy saga of a 40-year-old player in Seattle's hot theater scene who must come to terms with her mama's past in steamy Thornton City, Louisiana, reads like a lengthy episode of Designing Women written under the influence of mint juleps and Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!. The Ya-Yas are the wild circle of girls who swirl around the narrator Siddalee's mama, Vivi, whose vivid voice is part Scarlett, part Katharine Hepburn, part Tallulah. The Ya-Yas broke the no-booze rule at the cotillion, skinny-dipped their way to jail in the town water tower, disrupted the Shirley Temple look-alike contest, and bonded for life because, as one says, It's so much fun being a bad girl!   Siddalee must repair her busted relationship with Vivi by reading a half-century's worth of letters and clippings contained in the Ya-Ya Sisterhood's packet of Divine Secrets. It's a contrived premise, but the secrets are really fun to learn.  Review An insightful, delicious novel. -- The Oregonian  One heck of a rollicking good read...You'll laugh. You'll cry. But you'll mostly want to laugh and offer Wells a hearty merci. -- Columbus Dispatch  About the Author Rebecca Wells, a Louisiana native, is an author, actor and playwright. Her works for the stage include Splittin' Hairs and Gloria Duplex, for which she created the lead roles.   She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the Western States Book Award for her first novel, Little Altars Everywhere.   She tours a one-woman show based on Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598467235914,"sku":"7043ay","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/7043ay.jpg?v=1790826792","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/divine-secrets-of-the-ya-ya-sisterhood-a-novel-by-rebecca-wells-copy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}