Anna's review
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
Anna's review
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Anna's review
rating:
It is an inspiring and loving look into the loves, laughs, and tears of women. I was surprised by the depth of feeling it invoked. One of the strengths of the diminutively titled, “Chick Lit,” this book has gotten a bad rap. While The Secret Life of Bees has had a near permanent stay on the bestseller list and is passed through PCVs like a ripe bag of jicote, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is treated with disdain. I couldn’t give it away. I blame the horrendously trite movie of the same name.
The book, however, is a heartening tale of familial woe. Sida discovers that she’s not crazy, her mother is. Even our heroes have their sins, and it doesn’t make them less, it makes them more. More real, more alive, more accomplished for overcoming it. It made me want to learn more about my own mother’s childhood, about my grandmother’s life.
It also made me want a vodka tonic real bad, as it tends to romanticize alcoholism. Set in Louisiana, the story twines around the rich Cajun culture;...more
The book, however, is a heartening tale of familial woe. Sida discovers that she’s not crazy, her mother is. Even our heroes have their sins, and it doesn’t make them less, it makes them more. More real, more alive, more accomplished for overcoming it. It made me want to learn more about my own mother’s childhood, about my grandmother’s life.
It also made me want a vodka tonic real bad, as it tends to romanticize alcoholism. Set in Louisiana, the story twines around the rich Cajun culture;...more
