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Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: Tenderness

“I will never fully know my mother, any more than I will ever know my farther or Connor, or myself. I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners canContinue reading “Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: Tenderness”

Passage of The Day “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” “Motherhood”

“Let me tell you something, Pal; your mother doesn’t owe you anything. You’re grown-up. She fed you and clothed you and held you, even if she did have a drink in her hand while she was doing it. And however she fucked you up-and I’m sure she did-every mother fucks every kid up-she did itContinue reading “Passage of The Day “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” “Motherhood””

Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: The Beginning of the End of Old Louisiana

 “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” was first published by Rebecca Wells in 1996 and made into a movie in 2002. “ Secret codes and lore and lingo stretching back into that fluid time before air conditioning dried up the rich, heavy humidity of Louisiana that used to hang over the porches of Louisiana, drenchingContinue reading “Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: The Beginning of the End of Old Louisiana”

Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: LIFE

“Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” is a novel about white upper middle-class life in Louisiana starting sometime during The Great Depression. It was written by Rebecca Wells. It was first published in 1996. “Do you remember how horrified you were as a little girl when you found the word “vivisection” in the dictionary. CameContinue reading “Passage of the Day: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”: LIFE”