I was horrified to learn that it sold a whopping 1.5 million copies in the two years following its publication. Where was MY divine intervention, to stop me from making such a grave mistake?ĭespite the fact that Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is, for the most part, quite well-written, I felt dirty while reading it because of the blatant racism, classism, and sexism contained within its pages. Well, shame on me! I don’t know WHAT compelled me to think I’d get along with a book containing “sisterhood” and “ya-ya” in its title.

When I spotted a copy in the bargain bin at a used bookshop in Wellington, I thought, why not? She currently lives withher husband on a small island near Seattle, Washington and tours a one-woman show based on her two novels.This book has floated on the edge of my awareness for quite some time now. She has written roles in many well received plays including Splittin' Hairs and Gloria Duplex. Rebecca moved to New York City to pursue her acting career and for further study. She traveled the country by train and later enrolled at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado where she studied language and consciousness with Allen Ginsberg and Choyyam Trungapa Rinpoche. While in college she began developing one-woman shows and short plays. She grew up on a working plantation and attended the school of Southern Ladyhood and Roman Catholicism.

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder (July 2009)Ībout the Author: Rebecca Wells was born in central Louisiana where her family has resided since 1795.

So be prepared to for a huge downer in Little Alters Everywhere. Not appeared in both novels as each novel is such a different kind of Some have wished that the same characters had Moves on in the Ya-Ya novel and that it is all the more upsetting to read

I have not read Little Alters Everywhere, the consensus seems toīe that one may not want to read this first novel after The Divine The girls seeing the opening events for Gone with the Wind in AtlantaĪnd the wonderful bayou-Cajun language and imagery. This book is so much fun, it hasīeen a top seller inspiring it's own girl gangs. Ya-Yas interfere and send her a scrapbook of their lives.īarbara told me when she recommended this book, some of it comes off a Nearing 40 and now engaged to be married, Sidda has got to get a better Vivian is in the headlines as a 'tap-dancing child abuser.' Never had a great relationship with her mother, but now The New York Times has tricked her into telling a little too much about her childhood and In this whirlwind of strong female personalities is Vivi's daughter Sidda,Ī 'petite Ya-Ya,' as they call their offspring. And as they approach their 70s they are as tight and fun Instigators at a very young age. Their pranks, language and loveĮntertaining. Sisterhood is a group of very colorful women who became best friends and

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