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Title: Not quite as "Divine" as "Ya ya"
Review: In reading the second novel, "The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood", and loving it last summer, I was enthralled to pick up a copy to the first in the series "Little Alters Everywhere". I found "Alters" to be much more of a downer, going from how mother Vivi, a raging alcoholic, physically abuses, sexually abuses, and verbally abuses her four Southern children.However I was still very impressed at the author's ability to narrate from a childs point of view. With such innocence, and raw humor, you almost forget it wasn't Lulu, Sidda, Baylor, or Little Shep who wrote the chapter.The author weaved in with the tragic reality of how Vivi is traumatizing her children with hysterical, and twisted humor: such as the ugly dogs 'babies', and so on.This is definetly a good book, but I definetly consider "Ya Ya" a reward to read after this book. Enjoy!
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