YA-YAS IN BLOOM

by Rebecca Wells | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0060195347 Global Overview for this book
Registered by krl112 of Hawthorne, New Jersey USA on 2/26/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by krl112 from Hawthorne, New Jersey USA on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Amazon Editorial Review:
For readers everywhere who are ga-ga for the Ya-Yas and clamoring for more and for those who are lucky enough to be discovering the Ya-Yas for the first time, comes a new book about the incomparable Sisterhood, bursting with life and funnier than ever....

An emotionally charged addition to Rebecca Wells' award-winning bestseller Little Altars Everywhere and #1 New York Times bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, YA-YAS IN BLOOM reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars with all the raw power of Vivi Abbott Walker's 1962 T-Bird through sixty years of marriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets.

When four-year-old Teensy Whitman prisses one time too many and stuffs a big old pecan up her nose, she sets off the chain of events that lead Vivi, Teensy, Caro, and Necie to become true sister-friends. Told in alternating voices of Vivi and the Petite Ya-Yas, Siddalee and Baylor Walker, as well as other denizens of Thornton, Louisiana, YA-YAS IN BLOOM show us the Ya-Yas in love and at war with convention. Through crises of faith and hilarious lapses of parenting skills, brushes with alcoholism and glimpses of the dark reality of racial bigotry, the Ya-Ya values of unconditional loyalty, high style, and Cajun sass shine through. Necies wise credo, "Just think pretty pink and blue thoughts," helps too...

But in the Ya-Yas' inimitable way, these four remarkable women also teach their children about the Mysteries: the wonder of snow in the deep South, the possibility that humans are made of stars, and the belief that miracles do happen. And they need a miracle when old grudges and wounded psyches lead to a heartbreaking crime...and the dynamic web of sisterhood is the only safety net strong enough to hold families together and endure.

After two bestsellers and a blockbuster movie, the Ya-Yas have become part of American culture -- icons for the power of women's friendship. YA-YAS IN BLOOM continues the saga, giving us more Ya-Ya lore, spun out in the rich patois of the Louisiana bayou country and brim full of the Ya-Ya message to embrace life and each other with joy.

Journal Entry 2 by krl112 at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 12, 2009

Released 15 yrs ago (3/14/2009 UTC) at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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sending to CaptMom as a RABCK. Enjoy!!!

Journal Entry 3 by CaptMom from Seneca, South Carolina USA on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Arrived today, and with a beautiful book mark. Did you make that yourself? It really is gorgeous. Thanks krl112!!!

Journal Entry 4 by CaptMom from Seneca, South Carolina USA on Thursday, April 23, 2009
Loved it! Love all the Ya-Ya books.
Now to find a good release spot.....

Journal Entry 5 by CaptMom at Panera's in Lakeland, Florida USA on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (5/19/2009 UTC) at Panera's in Lakeland, Florida USA

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The Panera's across from Lakeland Square Mall. Probably in the ladies restroom, more closer to 1130.

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