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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood  
Author Rebecca Wells
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date 22 May, 1996
Media type Print
Pages 368 p. (First edition hardcover)
ISBN 0-06-017328-9
OCLC Number 34026753
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 20
LC Classification PS3573.E4937 D58 1996
Preceded by Little Altars Everywhere(prequel)
Followed by Ya-Yas in Bloom

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel written by Rebecca Wells. It tells a different version of the events described in Little Altars Everywhere. A third installment, Ya-Yas in Bloom, was published in 2005.

A movie adaptation, directed by Callie Khouri, was released in 2002.

Plot summary

Siddalee Walker is now living the life that she has always dreamed of: she's a successful play director, and is set to marry her fiance, Connor McGill. However, due to her memories of her parents' unhappy marriage, Sidda isn't entirely sure that she wants to go through with her wedding. It's up to her mother's friends, the Ya-Yas, to change her mind about love, happiness, and family. Through Vivi Walker's scrapbook, titled Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Sidda learns about the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies that has shaped her mother into the difficult, exciting woman she is today.

Characters

  • Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker — Leader of the Ya-Yas, Queen Dancing Creek
  • Aimee "Teensy" Malissa Whitman-Claiborne — Ya-Ya, Princess Naked As A Jaybird
  • Denise "Necie" Rose Kelleher — Ya-Ya, Countess Singing Cloud
  • Caroline "Caro" Eliza Bennett — Ya-Ya, Duchess Soaring Hawk
  • Siddalee "Sidda" Walker — Daughter of Vivi Walker
  • Connor McGill — Sidda's fiancé
  • Shepley James "Big Shep" Walker — Vivi's husband
  • Mary Katherine Bowman "Buggy" Abbott — Vivi's mother
  • Taylor Charles Abbott — Vivi's father
  • Shepley "Little Shep" Walker, Jr. — Sidda's brother
  • Baylor Walker — Sidda's brother
  • Tallulah "Lulu" Walker — Sidda's sister
  • May Sorenson — Sidda's playwright friend
  • Wade Coenen — Sidda's costume designer friend
  • Jacques "Jack" Whitman — Vivi's boyfriend, Teensy's brother, killed in WWII
  • Genevieve St. Clair-Whitman — Teensy's mother

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood  
Author Rebecca Wells
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date 22 May, 1996
Media type Print
Pages 368 p. (First edition hardcover)
ISBN 0-06-017328-9
OCLC Number 34026753
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 20
LC Classification PS3573.E4937 D58 1996
Preceded by Little Altars Everywhere(prequel)
Followed by Ya-Yas in Bloom

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel written by Rebecca Wells. It tells a different version of the events described in Little Altars Everywhere. A third installment, Ya-Yas in Bloom, was published in 2005.

A movie adaptation, directed by Callie Khouri, was released in 2002.

Plot summary

Siddalee Walker is now living the life that she has always dreamed of: she's a successful play director, and is set to marry her fiancé, Connor McGill. However, due to her memories of her parents' unhappy marriage, Sidda isn't entirely sure that she wants to go through with her wedding. It's up to her mother's friends, the Ya-Yas, to change her mind about love, happiness, and family. Through Vivi Walker's scrapbook, titled Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Sidda learns about the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies that has shaped her mother into the difficult, exciting woman she is today.

Characters

  • Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker — Leader of the Ya-Yas, Queen Dancing Creek
  • Aimee "Teensy" Malissa Whitman-Claiborne — Ya-Ya, Princess Naked As A Jaybird
  • Denise "Necie" Rose Kelleher-Ogden — Ya-Ya, Countess Singing Cloud
  • Caroline "Caro" Eliza Bennett-Brewster — Ya-Ya, Duchess Soaring Hawk
  • Siddalee "Sidda" Walker — Daughter of Vivi Walker
  • Connor McGill — Sidda's fiancé
  • Shepley James "Big Shep" Walker — Vivi's husband
  • Mary Katherine Bowman "Buggy" Abbott — Vivi's mother
  • Taylor Charles Abbott — Vivi's father
  • Shepley "Little Shep" Walker, Jr. — Sidda's brother
  • Baylor Walker — Sidda's brother
  • Tallulah "Lulu" Walker — Sidda's sister
  • May Sorenson — Sidda's playwright friend
  • Wade Coenen — Sidda's costume designer friend
  • Jacques "Jack" Whitman — Vivi's boyfriend, Teensy's brother, killed in WWII
  • Genevieve St. Clair-Whitman — Teensy's mother








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