Sidda Lee Walker, a successful theater director in New York, gives an interview in which she calls her childhood with her mother Vivi "dark," and her mother, in Louisiana, is furious. Vivi's friends, the Ya-Yas, a group of women who have been close since girlhood, take action: they steal a scrapbook of memories and mail it to Sidda. Rebecca Wells moves between the present and the Ya-Yas' history, from the Depression-era South through marriages, secrets, and bruises, as Sidda tries to understand her mother.
For readers who like Southern family sagas that mix humor and pain, and who enjoy stories about female friendship. It also suits anyone repairing a difficult bond with a parent.
Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
