description: Rebecca Wells's wonderful third book in her Ya-Ya trilogy, which includesLittle Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-YaSisterhood, is sure to provide reading that makes you laugh and cry, abook that will break your heart and mend it again.Ya-Yas in Bloom reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the1930s, following Vivi, Teensy, Caro and Necie through sixty years ofmarriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets.When four-year-old Teensy Whitman prisses one time too many and stuffs a bigold pecan up her nose, she sets off the chain of events that lead Vivi,Teensy, Caro, and Necie to become true sister-friends. Using as narrationthe alternating voices of Vivi and the Petite Ya-Yas, Siddalee and BaylorWalker, as well as other denizens of Thornton, Louisiana, Wells show us theYa-Yas in love and at war with convention. Through crises of faith andhilarious lapses of parenting skills, brushes with alcoholism and glimpsesof the dark reality of racial bigotry, the Ya-Ya values of unconditionalloyalty, high style, and Louisiana sass shine through.But in the Ya-Yas' inimitable way, these four remarkable women also teachtheir children about the Mysteries: the wonder of snow in the deep South,the possibility that humans are made of stars, and the belief that miraclesdo happen. And they need a miracle when old grudges and wounded psyches leadto a heartbreaking crime...and the dynamic web of sisterhood is the onlysafety net strong enough to hold families together and endure.After two bestsellers and a blockbuster movie, the Ya-Yas have become partof American culture -- icons for the power of women's friendship. Ya-Yasin Bloom continues the saga, giving us more Ya-Ya lore, spun out in therich patois of the Louisiana bayou country and brim full of the Ya-Yamessage to embrace life and each other with joy.
language: English
title: Ya-Yas in Bloom
titlecomplete: Ya-Yas in Bloom
genres: Womens Fiction, Southern, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Humor, Novels, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 13445
series: Ya Yas
publisher: Books on Tape