Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

This article is about the novel. For the film based on the novel, see Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film).

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Author(s)	Rebecca Wells
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	22 May, 1996
Media type	Print
Pages	368 p. (First edition hardcover)
ISBN	0-06-017328-9
OCLC Number	34026753
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Classification	PS3573.E4937 D58 1996
Preceded by	Little Altars Everywhere(prequel)
Followed by	Ya-Yas in Bloom

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel written by Rebecca Wells. It tells a different version of the events described in Little Altars Everywhere. A third installment, Ya-Yas in Bloom, was published in 2005.

A movie adaptation, directed by Callie Khouri, was released in 2002.

Plot summary

Siddalee Walker is now living the life that she has always dreamed of: she's a successful play director, and is set to marry her fiancé, Connor McGill. However, due to her memories of her parents' unhappy marriage, Sidda isn't entirely sure that she wants to go through with her wedding. It's up to her mother's friends, the Ya-Yas, to change her mind about love, happiness, and family. Through Vivi Walker's scrapbook, titled Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Sidda learns about the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies that has shaped her mother into the difficult, exciting woman she is today.

Characters

• Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker — Leader of the Ya-Yas, Queen Dancing Creek
• Aimee "Teensy" Malissa Whitman-Claiborne — Ya-Ya, Princess Naked As A Jaybird
• Denise "Necie" Rose Kelleher-Ogden — Ya-Ya, Countess Singing Cloud
• Caroline "Caro" Eliza Bennett-Brewster — Ya-Ya, Duchess Soaring Hawk
• Siddalee "Sidda" Walker — Daughter of Vivi Walker
• Connor McGill — Sidda's fiancé
• Shepley James "Big Shep" Walker — Vivi's husband
• Mary Katherine Bowman "Buggy" Abbott — Vivi's mother
• Taylor Charles Abbott — Vivi's father
• Shepley "Little Shep" Walker, Jr. — Sidda's brother
• Baylor Walker — Sidda's brother
• Tallulah "Lulu" Walker — Sidda's sister
• May Sorenson — Sidda's playwright friend
• Wade Coenen — Sidda's costume designer friend
• Jacques "Jack" Whitman — Vivi's boyfriend, Teensy's brother, killed in WWII
• Genevieve St. Clair-Whitman — Teensy's mother