Title: The NY Times Book Review was right not to feature Ya Yas
Product review: Since the book was given to me as a gift, I can only be grateful I didn't put out my hard earned money for a copy. To compare the characters in this novel with the characters in Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" - or any of Flannery O'Connors short stories - would be ludicrous. The Ya Yas were characters who never changed and they all were interchangeable. This novel has been compared to "The Bridges of Madison County." While I think it is a valid comparison, "Bridges" was intended by the author to be a "spoof" although, ironically, it was not received that way. Evidently "literary" history repeats itself. Worst of all, this book is boring. I am only half through it, but I keep it on my bedside table at night and after a page or two, I am sound asleep. At this rate, I should finish it by the millenium.
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