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Divine secrets of the yaya sisterhood motion picture publication information. She resolves her problems, and comes to a mature love and understanding of her mother, by reading her mothers scrapbook, entitled the divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. When siddalee and vivi walker, an utterly original motherdaughter team, get into a savage. By the end of the book the reader has a full understanding of vivis life, her troubles, her sadnesses. Divine secrets of the yaya sisterhood by rebecca wells goodreads. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text.
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