Parts of the book are the Ya-Ya women thinking about events in the past. Most of the book is Sidda thinking about events in the scrapbook and talking to the four women. When Sidda was a child, Vivi beat Sidda with a belt leaving scars. Sidda wants to better understand her mother and their relationship. She asks Vivi to send her the Ya-Ya scrapbook. Sidda postpones her wedding to Connor because she fears she does not know how to love. The main story is Vivi, one of the Ya-Ya women. It was just wonderfully close loving friendship. The Ya-Ya girls would sleep together with arms and legs intertwined. A few scenes had Sidda walking around naked. I’m not complaining, but slightly odd were all the naked scenes. The most unsettling thing for me was when they went swimming in the town’s water supply tank - that tub high up above houses that provides drinking water. Four women have a life-long friendship starting before high school. It’s a good motivator for women having friendships with women.
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