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Wells, Rebecca, 1952-
Subjects
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Catholic women -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
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Wells, Rebecca, 1952-
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Catholic women -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
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Ya-Yas
in
bloom
: a
novel
/ Rebecca Wells.
by
Wells, Rebecca, 1952-
HarperCollins, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION WEL
Subjects
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Middle-aged women -- Fiction.
Catholic women -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780060195342 (alk. paper hc.)
0060195347 (alk. paper hc.)
0060953659 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
258 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Genealogical tables on endpapers.
Summary:
"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."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
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