Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel [Paperback]

“A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter.” —Washington Post

“Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have portrayed the power and value of female friendships, but no one has done it with more grace, charm, talent, and power than Rebecca Wells.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch

The incomparable #1New York Timesbestseller, Rebecca Wells’sDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhoodis a classic of Southern women’s fiction to be read and reread over and over again. A poignant, funny, outrageous, and wise novel about a lifetime friendship between four Southern women,Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhoodbrilliantly explores the bonds of female friendship, the often-rocky relationship between mothers and daughters, and the healing power of humor and love, in a story as fresh and uplifting as when it was first published a decade and a half ago. If you haven’t yet met the Ya-Yas, what are you waiting for?

When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in theNew York Timesabout 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 Sisterhoodmay call to mindPrince of Tidesin its unearthing of family darkness; in its unforgettable heroines and irrepressible humls'