- Gebundene Ausgabe: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper; Auflage: 1 (29. März 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060195347
- ISBN-13: 978-0060195342
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 16,4 x 2,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 887.380 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Ya-Ya sisters, rejoice: your long wait for the sequel to Wells' divine best-seller, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996), is over. Vivi, Teensy, Necie, and Caro, those spirited Ya-Ya sisters, are back with even more raucous tales of their lifelong friendship. Bursting with details of the sisterhood's origins, the sequel also introduces the next generation, aka the Petites Ya-Yas, and even their offspring's offspring, the Tres Petites Ya-Yas. Every bit as joyful as the original, Ya-Yas in Bloom exposes the irrepressible Ya-Yas' formidable impact on their staid Louisiana bayou town of Thornton. From the beginning, the Ya-Yas' earthy blend of Cajun mysticism and Catholic catechism put them at odds with the town's more conservative citizens, a fact they found infinitely more amusing than annoying. But when old wrongs come home to haunt the sisterhood, the next generations of Ya-Yas are threatened in profound and frightening ways. Armed with their irreverent philosophy, infectious humor, and implacable loyalty, the sisterhood proves that true friendship will always prevail. And just as it does among the best of friends, the conversation in Wells' second Ya-Ya saga picks right up where the first left off, without missing a beat. Uplifting, uproarious, saucy and smart. Carol Haggas
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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“Irrepressible…Touching…A pleasure to read.” (The Oregonian (Portland) )
“Unforgettable characters.” (Southern Living )
“Reveals the roots of the friendship of the Ya-Ya sisterhood.” (USA Today )
“Hilarious…Had me laughing out loud…Brims with the Ya-Yas’ hallmark irreverence.” (Rocky Mountain News )
“A must-read…Rollicking anecdotes.” (Detroit Free Press )
“The charm here is in the details, the dialogue, and Wells’ canny observations about life in Thorton, Louisiana.” (Seattle Times )
“Charming…Sparks of humor and sass.” (Austin American-Statesman )
“Wells is a marvelous writer.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer )
“Readers in touch with their inner Ya-Yas will feel right at home in Thornton.” (New Orleans Times-Picayune )
“A sharp ear for dialogue and one of the finest gifts for verbal insult this side of Dorothy Parker.” (Wilmington Star News (NC) )
“Having friends like the Ya-Yas is something every woman wants and the lucky ones get.” (The Sentinel )
“Every bit as joyful as the original…Uplifting, uproarious, saucy, and smart…lives up to the highest expectations” (Booklist )
“Entertaining...Wells still charms.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Unforgettable characters.” (Southern Living )
“Reveals the roots of the friendship of the Ya-Ya sisterhood.” (USA Today )
“Hilarious…Had me laughing out loud…Brims with the Ya-Yas’ hallmark irreverence.” (Rocky Mountain News )
“A must-read…Rollicking anecdotes.” (Detroit Free Press )
“The charm here is in the details, the dialogue, and Wells’ canny observations about life in Thorton, Louisiana.” (Seattle Times )
“Charming…Sparks of humor and sass.” (Austin American-Statesman )
“Wells is a marvelous writer.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer )
“Readers in touch with their inner Ya-Yas will feel right at home in Thornton.” (New Orleans Times-Picayune )
“A sharp ear for dialogue and one of the finest gifts for verbal insult this side of Dorothy Parker.” (Wilmington Star News (NC) )
“Having friends like the Ya-Yas is something every woman wants and the lucky ones get.” (The Sentinel )
“Every bit as joyful as the original…Uplifting, uproarious, saucy, and smart…lives up to the highest expectations” (Booklist )
“Entertaining...Wells still charms.” (Publishers Weekly )
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(2.5) Steel Magnolias redux
29. März 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Ya-Ya's in Bloom is Well's third effort to place the quirky Southern ladies of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood front and center. With a bit of background gleaned from both previous books, Bloom is instantly familiar through the antics of four little girls who become lifetime friends. Reintroducing their unique friendship, the Ya-Ya's stick to their loyalties through good times and bad. Vivi, Teensy, Caro and Necie first show up as toddlers in 1930, later as their older selves, along with a familiar "petite Ya-Ya", Sidda, Vivi's oldest daughter.
In order to accommodate the plot line, a couple of strange characters, relatively speaking, are inserted into this rarified world, the prickly Mavis Spivey and her disgruntled daughter, Edythe. These two facilitate the plot twist that besmirches Well's Ya-Ya's impressive family album, so far filled with inter-family problems, untainted by the problems of others. Now Wells presents a quasi-mystery, one that tries to breathe life into the story.
Unfortunately, this Cajun stew doesn't have the joy and spice of the Divine Sisterhood, though Wells gives it the old college try. Charming at their most powerful and eccentric, very real women hid a number of serious issues behind the cheerful facade of their bickering and teasing. There was a real sense of generational connectedness that spoke to women, north and south, of the relationship between mothers and daughters and why secrets are kept to protect the innocent.
In their current Ya-Ya incarnation, the dialog, the story line and the characters have almost become caricatures, devoid of the soul that made them such fascinating creatures, warts and all. Even the element of suspense is Ya-Ya'd, turned into foolish ramblings and pale interactions. The once inherently charming now borders on the tedious as tales are rehashed in an effort to win a new audience. This is certainly a popular series that has garnered a devoted audience. But perhaps it is time for these Ya-Ya's to gracefully retire, making room for a new bevy of Southern characters. Haven't these ladies earned a well-deserved rest, permanent icons in a culture that has joyfully welcomed them? Luan Gaines/2005.
In order to accommodate the plot line, a couple of strange characters, relatively speaking, are inserted into this rarified world, the prickly Mavis Spivey and her disgruntled daughter, Edythe. These two facilitate the plot twist that besmirches Well's Ya-Ya's impressive family album, so far filled with inter-family problems, untainted by the problems of others. Now Wells presents a quasi-mystery, one that tries to breathe life into the story.
Unfortunately, this Cajun stew doesn't have the joy and spice of the Divine Sisterhood, though Wells gives it the old college try. Charming at their most powerful and eccentric, very real women hid a number of serious issues behind the cheerful facade of their bickering and teasing. There was a real sense of generational connectedness that spoke to women, north and south, of the relationship between mothers and daughters and why secrets are kept to protect the innocent.
In their current Ya-Ya incarnation, the dialog, the story line and the characters have almost become caricatures, devoid of the soul that made them such fascinating creatures, warts and all. Even the element of suspense is Ya-Ya'd, turned into foolish ramblings and pale interactions. The once inherently charming now borders on the tedious as tales are rehashed in an effort to win a new audience. This is certainly a popular series that has garnered a devoted audience. But perhaps it is time for these Ya-Ya's to gracefully retire, making room for a new bevy of Southern characters. Haven't these ladies earned a well-deserved rest, permanent icons in a culture that has joyfully welcomed them? Luan Gaines/2005.
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Ya-Ya Short Stories
20. April 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book is less of a novel than it is a collection of vignettes about the Ya-Yas and those around them. I realize I am going against the grain of 99% of those who have written reviews, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Rebecca Wells recaptures the spirit and spontaneous craziness of the four life-long friends, and fills in a few blanks in our knowledge, such as how the girls met and became friends in the first place. It might have been better if this book had been marketed as a group of short stories because, although there are some ties between chapters, most of the stories stand alone. I laughed out loud at some of the adventures of the Ya-Yas and their progeny and the book evoked the same sense of enjoyment I felt at being let in on their world in the first two books. This is not a novel in the conventional sense, but it does bring the reader back to the world of these four unconventional women and the friendships which sustain them throughout their lives.
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Waaah! I'll never get those three hours back!!
7. April 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I read "Divine Secrets" after resisting its hype. I thought I was too above it all to read a fluffy tale about Southern women. I was a snob about it. But that book drew me in, made me laugh and cry, enfolded me like a blanket. And it resonated with me, which surprised me greatly. I also liked "Little Altars" because I thought Wells was rather brave to explore some of the more disturbing aspects of the Walker/Abbot clan.
So, I certainly did want to like this book. But I was disappointed. Like a bunch of loosely constructed afterthoughts, no substance, it bored me. A hilarious word picture or bon mot here and there does not represent a well-constructed novel. The Christmas play at the end--- ugh! I was actually fidgeting in embarassment.
Time for the Yayas to hang it up, cherie....
So, I certainly did want to like this book. But I was disappointed. Like a bunch of loosely constructed afterthoughts, no substance, it bored me. A hilarious word picture or bon mot here and there does not represent a well-constructed novel. The Christmas play at the end--- ugh! I was actually fidgeting in embarassment.
Time for the Yayas to hang it up, cherie....
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