Devine Secret

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood By Rebecca Wells Harpercollins, 1996 Reviewed by Kate McGinnity In her second novel, Rebecca Wells takes us back in time to a strongly bonded group of Southern women whose escapades and unconditional love for one another charm us and touch our hearts. The close-knit sisterhood ("Ya-Yas") of Vivi Walker and friends begins in high school in 1930s Louisiana and continues through adulthood, child-rearing days, and twilight years. But it is …

…walk on. They walked on this new grass the whole day. Mr. Gable was so chivalrous, Necie. He said exactly what I would have wanted him to say. He said that the night wasn't his night but that the night belonged to Miss Mitchell. Oh, that really showed me what Mr. Gable is made of. That made me fall in love with him to the point that I will just never get over it. [p. 102]