A lot of the author patting herself on the back for being ‘creative’ enough to come up with the title “Ya-Ya Sisterhood”. Ugh.

Not the finest nor the highest level of writing, but there is some good storytelling in this book. Overall it is a very sentimental (perhaps sometimes TOO sentimental) but approachable portrayal of the complexities of the relationships between mothers and daughters.

The mother in this book, Vivi, reminds me so much of my own mother that I find the book particularly touching, but any girl who has stopped to contemplate the awesome power of her relationship with her mother will find something to identify with here.

Suggested with reservations.