I'm confused. The copy of Divine Secrets I'm reading says Little Altars came out first, but this says it's Ya-Ya #2. Are both those things correct? I'm reading Divine Secrets first, but do some people read Little Altars first?

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Maureen LIttle Altars is her first book. I'm rereading both of them now; I read them in 1998 when they first came out, but wanted to reread them now that I'm a mom. I think I like LIttle Altars better, but the first time around I liked Divine Secrets better. There is a lot of overlapping scenes in both books (sometimes from different characters' perspectives) and there is one thing that the mom does in Little Altars that is pretty terrible that is NOT mentioned at all in the Divine Secrets and that is the most confusing part to me.
I don't think it matters what order you read them in.

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Lisa Little Altars was published first, but wasn't as noticed as Divine Secrets was when it came out. After a while, it was republished because of the popularity of Secrets. They are very much companion books. I read Secrets first and then Altars. It's more like two sides of the same coin than it is a part 1 and part 2.

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Jacqueline After reading Little Alters Everywhere I think they could go hand in hand. I'm thinking of re-reading Ya-Yas and U do have the third book to read, too. It's funny but then the abuse parts are so sad....

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