Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells

“Shep claimed eating cake like that so early in the morning was a 'whore's breakfast.' The rest of them didn't care. They were happy little whores who didn't worry about saving a morsel. ”  ― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

 I have always loved books that told tales of women. From grandmothers, to mothers and to daughters - stories of women from generations, past to present. When I saw the movie adaptation, I was neither smitten nor disappointed as I didn't really expect much. The movie was able to hit poignant points of the novel but did not live up to how alive and VIVid (pun intended) the book really was - but then again movie adaptations really do suffer in comparison to the real thing.

I got the book from a book sale for only Php10, which is very cheap considering the ride I had reading it. I cried, I laughed, got frustrated, felt disappointed --- it felt like being drowned into a pool of emotions. The characters felt so real and so right that they could be a neighbor or a friend. Vivi of course, was and is a formidable character in the book.

The story kind of reminds us that we sometimes think and see our mothers as the mother we know, without realizing that they were once young girls with sad tales,dreams and love stories. That apart from playing the challenging role as mothers, they were women first to the core. Rebecca Wells, although I've not had the chance to read some of her other works, was definitely clear on where she wanted the story to go. Reading the way she writes, she can actually make you feel the warmth of the South on your skin and between descriptive lines she'll throw in something that will take you aback and relate it to your own life.

oh, and humor...you get a handful of it in this book.