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The Ya-Ya Boxed Set

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A special Mother's Day boxed set of Rebecca Wells's two New York Times-bestselling novels of the Ya-Yas and the Walker Clan, including a new Note to the Reader.

Both Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, chronicling the touching, funny, beguiling Walker family of Thornton, Louisiana, have been phenomenal critical and popular hits. Little Altars Everywhere, the first book, began life as a small-press, word-of-mouth cult classic in 1992, went on to win the Western States Book Award, and was included in the anthology Five Hundred Great Books by Women (Penguin, 1994). It followed Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood onto the New York Times bestseller list in 1998. The 1996 sequel, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, sparked the creation of Ya-Ya clubs around the country, and inspired Terry McMillan (San Francisco Chronicle) to exclaim, "I read the first two pages and I said, 'I haven't heard a white woman talk like this in literature before.'"

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Little Altars Everywhere first introduces readers to Siddalee Walker, her mother Viviane, and Viviane's unforgettable pals, the Ya-Yas--as wild a bunch of born-and-bred steel magnolias as you will ever run across in literature. Set in Louisiana and narrated by various members of the Walker family, Little Altars tells the tragicomic tale of Siddalee's magnificently dysfunctional clan. There is hard-drinking Viviane, who alternately adores her children and abuses them, and Daddy Big Shep, who is inarticulate, alcoholic, and can't quite say what he means and seldom means what he yells. Sidda's siblings are a mess, the family servants are badly treated, and though Rebecca Wells includes many hilarious set pieces throughout, even the Ya-Yas can't completely overcome the dark core at the center of this novel.

Wells continues the saga of Sidda and Vivi Walker in her follow-up, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and this time the mood is considerably lightened as she takes her characters back in time via a collection of letters, clippings, and scrapbooks--the "divine secrets" of the title. Here a younger, more sympathetic Vivi shares the limelight with her Ya-Ya pals, Teensy, Caro, and Necie. From skinny-dipping in the town water tower to boozing it up at the spring cotillion, these Southern-fried hell-raisers prove what everyone has always suspected--that "it's so much fun being a bad girl!" But you don't have to be bad to enjoy Rebecca Wells's take on family, friendship, and the ties that bind for a lifetime. --Margaret Prior

Review

“A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter.” — Washington Post

“An insightful, delicious novel.” — Oregonian

“A big, blowzy romp through the rainbow eccentricities of three generations of crazy bayou debutantes trying to survive marriage, motherhood, and pain, relying always on eah other… A novel of wide reach and lots of colors: fun in a breathless sort of way.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Divine Secrets is funny, funny, funny.” — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“One heck of a rollicking good read…” — Columbus Dispatch

“An entertaining and engrossing novel filled with humor and heartbreak… Readers will envy Vivi her Ya-Ya ‘sisters’ and Sidda her lover, who is one of the most appealing men to be found in recent mainstream fiction.” — Library Journal

“Hard to resist…Wells offers up some appealing characters and good stories.” — Chicago Tribune

“Every woman should have a pack of buddies like the Ya-Yas.” — Albuquerque Journal

“Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have portrayed the power and value of female friendships, but no one has done it with more grace, charm, talent, and power than Rebecca Wells does in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch

“An enjoyable novel with much to recommend it… It is rich stuff and Wells tells it well.” — Seattle Times

“Unforgettable… By turns comic and poignant, Wells’ latest entry fulfills the promise of her award–winning debut novel, Little Altars Everywhere. It speaks eloquently to what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a wife — and somehow, at last, a person.” — Charlotte Observer

“Wells’ Louisiana is thick with sensual excesses — bayou French, pralines and sour cream cookies, crayfish etouffee, honeysuckle–smothered trellises, camellias and jasmine… In Divine Secrets, you can hear the ice cubes clink on every page… Wells’ book succeeds marvelously.” — Seattle Weekly

“Sensitive, spellbinding… a wonderfully irreverent look at life in small–town Louisiana from the thirties on up through the eyes of the Ya–Yas, a gang of merry, smart, brave, poignant, and unforgettable godesses.” — Booklist

“Readers who like their books about the human condition spiced witha Southern drawl won’t want to miss this one.” — Mississippi Sun Herald

“The sweet and sad and goofy monkey–dance of life, as performed by a bevy of unforgettable Southern belles in a verdant garden of moonlit prose. Poignantly coo–coo, the Ya-Yas (and their Petites Ya-Yas) will prance, priss, ponder and party their way into your sincere affection.” — Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

“I read the first two pages and I said… I haven’t heard a white woman talk like this in literature before.” — Terry McMillan, San Francisco Chronicle

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice boxed 2-book set

j.s. · April 2, 2025

It took a long time for delivery but well worth the wait!

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it again, and again, and again, and again....

R. · January 20, 2015

I love these books. I believe every woman young or old should read these. I have read them over and over again and value them as a priceless part of my literature collection. The writing style is easy to follow but intelligent, the characters are so well created that you can feel every emotion right along with them. These books are an epic tale of growing up, of family and love and dysfunction. It's impossible to describe the intricate workings of the relationships in these stories. Nothing I say here can even begin to express how much I adore these novels.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book pulled me in; I couldn't stop reading ...

M. · April 25, 2016

This book pulled me in; I couldn't stop reading. I was studying borderline personality disorder (BPD) at the time because it runs in my family. I had no idea this story was about BPD mothers--two generations and a wounded third who overcame the abuse. It will give you inside information about this disorder, how it forms and what it does to the child.

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple truths and instructions conveyed in a tender tale of ...

E.K. · October 3, 2016

Simple truths and instructions conveyed in a tender tale of moms and daughters who find the instructions difficult to do.

5.0 out of 5 stars Making sense with Little Altars

S.M. · February 3, 2015

To me, this is the best of the series. It sets the tone for what happens next. I love the image of Little Altars Everywhere.Those Little Altars are a way of trying to make sense of sometimes self-imposed chaos. There is a redeeming quality to the writing.

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved these books.

s. · February 11, 2019

Watched the movie and the book is so much more. You will love this read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing

T.M. · July 16, 2013

I had seen the movie twice, so I decided to check out the book. I was unaware of a prior book, so I read them both. This is a great story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Boxed set allows reader to find out "all about the Walkers"

C.A. · April 13, 2003

I was leant a well read dog-eared copy of 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' a few years ago and came to know and love Rebecca Wells' style and story telling capabilities.Ms. Wells has the ability to capture a particular era and region of the country (the South) and make her characters come alive.The Ya-Yas are all about friendship, loyalty and some much darker and less admirable human traits as well. Some of the situations recounted in these two VERY different books about the Walker family will have the reader squirming with discomfort. For Rebecca Wells is intent on telling the whole story: the bad, the sad, the shocking, as well about the successes, the joys and a lot of giggles at the funnier side of human nature.When you have finished both volumes in this boxed set, you will have a really good idea of what makes a very complex set of family members (the Walkers) "tick". What keeps them together, what may tear them apart. The journey isn't going to be boring in Ms. Wells' talented hands.The story(stories) prove that being a "southern belle" isn't nearly as easy as you might think.I'm happy to have my own lovely boxed set, combining both volumes 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' and 'Little Alters Everywhere', so I can revisit these fascinating people any time I want. My particular recommendation for the reader would be to read 'Divine Secrets' first and then flesh out the history of the clan with 'Little Alters'. But I have wondered many times why Ms. Wells published the smaller, episodic 'Little Alters' first. So those uninitiated into Ya-Ya-hood, may wish to read them in order of the published date. If you do, PLEASE let me know what you think about the experience. I'd be interested in your opinions.

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Availability: In Stock

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Delivery fee of AED 20. Free for orders above AED 200.

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Imported From: United States

At BOLO, we work hard to ensure the products you receive are new, genuine, and sourced from reputable suppliers.

BOLO is not an authorized or official retailer for most brands, nor are we affiliated with manufacturers unless specifically stated on a product page. Instead, we source verified sellers, authorized distributors or directly from the manufacturer.

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All items are shipped by air, and any products classified as “Dangerous Goods (DG)” under IATA regulations will be removed from the order and cancelled.

All orders are processed manually, and we make every effort to process them promptly once confirmed. Products cancelled due to the above reasons will be permanently removed from listings across the website.

Description:

A special Mother's Day boxed set of Rebecca Wells's two New York Times-bestselling novels of the Ya-Yas and the Walker Clan, including a new Note to the Reader.

Both Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, chronicling the touching, funny, beguiling Walker family of Thornton, Louisiana, have been phenomenal critical and popular hits. Little Altars Everywhere, the first book, began life as a small-press, word-of-mouth cult classic in 1992, went on to win the Western States Book Award, and was included in the anthology Five Hundred Great Books by Women (Penguin, 1994). It followed Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood onto the New York Times bestseller list in 1998. The 1996 sequel, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, sparked the creation of Ya-Ya clubs around the country, and inspired Terry McMillan (San Francisco Chronicle) to exclaim, "I read the first two pages and I said, 'I haven't heard a white woman talk like this in literature before.'"

Read more

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Little Altars Everywhere first introduces readers to Siddalee Walker, her mother Viviane, and Viviane's unforgettable pals, the Ya-Yas--as wild a bunch of born-and-bred steel magnolias as you will ever run across in literature. Set in Louisiana and narrated by various members of the Walker family, Little Altars tells the tragicomic tale of Siddalee's magnificently dysfunctional clan. There is hard-drinking Viviane, who alternately adores her children and abuses them, and Daddy Big Shep, who is inarticulate, alcoholic, and can't quite say what he means and seldom means what he yells. Sidda's siblings are a mess, the family servants are badly treated, and though Rebecca Wells includes many hilarious set pieces throughout, even the Ya-Yas can't completely overcome the dark core at the center of this novel.

Wells continues the saga of Sidda and Vivi Walker in her follow-up, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and this time the mood is considerably lightened as she takes her characters back in time via a collection of letters, clippings, and scrapbooks--the "divine secrets" of the title. Here a younger, more sympathetic Vivi shares the limelight with her Ya-Ya pals, Teensy, Caro, and Necie. From skinny-dipping in the town water tower to boozing it up at the spring cotillion, these Southern-fried hell-raisers prove what everyone has always suspected--that "it's so much fun being a bad girl!" But you don't have to be bad to enjoy Rebecca Wells's take on family, friendship, and the ties that bind for a lifetime. --Margaret Prior

Review

“A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter.” — Washington Post

“An insightful, delicious novel.” — Oregonian

“A big, blowzy romp through the rainbow eccentricities of three generations of crazy bayou debutantes trying to survive marriage, motherhood, and pain, relying always on eah other… A novel of wide reach and lots of colors: fun in a breathless sort of way.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Divine Secrets is funny, funny, funny.” — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“One heck of a rollicking good read…” — Columbus Dispatch

“An entertaining and engrossing novel filled with humor and heartbreak… Readers will envy Vivi her Ya-Ya ‘sisters’ and Sidda her lover, who is one of the most appealing men to be found in recent mainstream fiction.” — Library Journal

“Hard to resist…Wells offers up some appealing characters and good stories.” — Chicago Tribune

“Every woman should have a pack of buddies like the Ya-Yas.” — Albuquerque Journal

“Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have portrayed the power and value of female friendships, but no one has done it with more grace, charm, talent, and power than Rebecca Wells does in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch

“An enjoyable novel with much to recommend it… It is rich stuff and Wells tells it well.” — Seattle Times

“Unforgettable… By turns comic and poignant, Wells’ latest entry fulfills the promise of her award–winning debut novel, Little Altars Everywhere. It speaks eloquently to what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a wife — and somehow, at last, a person.” — Charlotte Observer

“Wells’ Louisiana is thick with sensual excesses — bayou French, pralines and sour cream cookies, crayfish etouffee, honeysuckle–smothered trellises, camellias and jasmine… In Divine Secrets, you can hear the ice cubes clink on every page… Wells’ book succeeds marvelously.” — Seattle Weekly

“Sensitive, spellbinding… a wonderfully irreverent look at life in small–town Louisiana from the thirties on up through the eyes of the Ya–Yas, a gang of merry, smart, brave, poignant, and unforgettable godesses.” — Booklist

“Readers who like their books about the human condition spiced witha Southern drawl won’t want to miss this one.” — Mississippi Sun Herald

“The sweet and sad and goofy monkey–dance of life, as performed by a bevy of unforgettable Southern belles in a verdant garden of moonlit prose. Poignantly coo–coo, the Ya-Yas (and their Petites Ya-Yas) will prance, priss, ponder and party their way into your sincere affection.” — Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

“I read the first two pages and I said… I haven’t heard a white woman talk like this in literature before.” — Terry McMillan, San Francisco Chronicle

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice boxed 2-book set

j.s. · April 2, 2025

It took a long time for delivery but well worth the wait!

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it again, and again, and again, and again....

R. · January 20, 2015

I love these books. I believe every woman young or old should read these. I have read them over and over again and value them as a priceless part of my literature collection. The writing style is easy to follow but intelligent, the characters are so well created that you can feel every emotion right along with them. These books are an epic tale of growing up, of family and love and dysfunction. It's impossible to describe the intricate workings of the relationships in these stories. Nothing I say here can even begin to express how much I adore these novels.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book pulled me in; I couldn't stop reading ...

M. · April 25, 2016

This book pulled me in; I couldn't stop reading. I was studying borderline personality disorder (BPD) at the time because it runs in my family. I had no idea this story was about BPD mothers--two generations and a wounded third who overcame the abuse. It will give you inside information about this disorder, how it forms and what it does to the child.

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple truths and instructions conveyed in a tender tale of ...

E.K. · October 3, 2016

Simple truths and instructions conveyed in a tender tale of moms and daughters who find the instructions difficult to do.

5.0 out of 5 stars Making sense with Little Altars

S.M. · February 3, 2015

To me, this is the best of the series. It sets the tone for what happens next. I love the image of Little Altars Everywhere.Those Little Altars are a way of trying to make sense of sometimes self-imposed chaos. There is a redeeming quality to the writing.

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved these books.

s. · February 11, 2019

Watched the movie and the book is so much more. You will love this read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing

T.M. · July 16, 2013

I had seen the movie twice, so I decided to check out the book. I was unaware of a prior book, so I read them both. This is a great story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Boxed set allows reader to find out "all about the Walkers"

C.A. · April 13, 2003

I was leant a well read dog-eared copy of 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' a few years ago and came to know and love Rebecca Wells' style and story telling capabilities.Ms. Wells has the ability to capture a particular era and region of the country (the South) and make her characters come alive.The Ya-Yas are all about friendship, loyalty and some much darker and less admirable human traits as well. Some of the situations recounted in these two VERY different books about the Walker family will have the reader squirming with discomfort. For Rebecca Wells is intent on telling the whole story: the bad, the sad, the shocking, as well about the successes, the joys and a lot of giggles at the funnier side of human nature.When you have finished both volumes in this boxed set, you will have a really good idea of what makes a very complex set of family members (the Walkers) "tick". What keeps them together, what may tear them apart. The journey isn't going to be boring in Ms. Wells' talented hands.The story(stories) prove that being a "southern belle" isn't nearly as easy as you might think.I'm happy to have my own lovely boxed set, combining both volumes 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' and 'Little Alters Everywhere', so I can revisit these fascinating people any time I want. My particular recommendation for the reader would be to read 'Divine Secrets' first and then flesh out the history of the clan with 'Little Alters'. But I have wondered many times why Ms. Wells published the smaller, episodic 'Little Alters' first. So those uninitiated into Ya-Ya-hood, may wish to read them in order of the published date. If you do, PLEASE let me know what you think about the experience. I'd be interested in your opinions.

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