The Ya-Ya Boxed Set: Little Altars Everywhere/The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [Box set] [Paperback]

Rebecca Wells (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 1999

A special Mother's Day boxed set of Rebecca Wells's two New York Times-bestselling novels of the Ya-Yas and the Walker Clan, including a new Note to the Reader.

Both Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, chronicling the touching, funny, beguiling Walker family of Thornton, Louisiana, have been phenomenal critical and popular hits. Little Altars Everywhere, the first book, began life as a small-press, word-of-mouth cult classic in 1992, went on to win the Western States Book Award, and was included in the anthology Five Hundred Great Books by Women (Penguin, 1994). It followed Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood onto the New York Times bestseller list in 1998. The 1996 sequel, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, sparked the creation of Ya-Ya clubs around the country, and inspired Terry McMillan (San Francisco Chronicle) to exclaim, "I read the first two pages and I said, 'I haven't heard a white woman talk like this in literature before.'"

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060932058
• ISBN-13: 978-0060932053
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read ! Pour-Your-Heart-Out, Amazing book!, November 21, 1999

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Jennie (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ya-Ya Boxed Set: Little Altars Everywhere/The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)

Dear Fellow Readers, I have read both of Rebecca Wells two books, and was utterly amazed by both. I first picked up "Little Altars Everywhere" because of it's intriguing cover, but once I got past the first page, I never put it down. The book tells of a everlasting friendship between a group of women, who call themselves the "Ya-Ya's". It is such a change to read a book about a friendship that actually lasts throughout the years, and it is just an uplifting, amazing book. It is funny, and sad, it is serious, and enlighting, at the same time. It is just a wonderful set of books, that you do not want to miss reading in your lifetime. There is not enough words of praise to compliment this book. My only complaint is that there are only two of them. Be prepared to feel like you are a member of their family, and be prepared to feel a sorrow when the book comes to an end. If you don't read these two books, you are only cheating yourself out on, two of the greatest peices of literature I have read in a long time.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Universal Theme from a Southern Author, January 6, 2000

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"ladymariko" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ya-Ya Boxed Set: Little Altars Everywhere/The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)

Many say that you can't understand the intricacies of this book unless you are from the south, but I would disagree. As a transplanted southerner (originally from the Pacific Northwest)I would still put this book high on my list of books that convey what I like to call "universal truths". Through all of the emotion and tradition of the Ya-Ya's the thing that touched me most was the conveyance of true friendship with unconditional love. It also offered insightful perspective to daughters about the need to "ride out" the waves of the mother daughter relationship. After I finished, I immediately sent the box set to my mother and little sister. So, give us notherners and transplanted southerners a little slack...love is love, friendship is friendship and mothers are mothers regardless of location in relation to the Mason-Dixon line, and Wells has done an excellent job of leading us through the journey.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars divine secrets of the yaya sisterhood, January 6, 2000

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elaine (los angeles,ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ya-Ya Boxed Set: Little Altars Everywhere/The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)

it's the most amazing book i've read on friendships and mother/daughter relationships.any one who has a friend from their childhood should read this and cherish the words that are in it.