In this classic Southern tale of hilarious sadness set in a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stages a rather unorthodox intervention to help an acclaimed young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated, eccentric mother, find forgiveness and acceptance--and to let go of a painful past. Prominent young playwright Sidda Lee Walker lives in New York City, a long way from her Louisiana hometown and her highly dramatic and eccentric mother, Vivi. When a Time magazine profile on Sidda implies that Vivi was not a good mother, Vivi is outraged, and mother and daughter get into an argument that threatens their relationship and Sidda's tenuous wedding plans. Enter the Ya-Ya Sisterhood--Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong friends, eager to restore peace . . . at any cost. To understand her mother, Sidda is given a scrapbook which chronicles Vivi's memories of the Ya-Yas, four wild Southern belles--Teensy, Caro, Necie and Vivi--and their enduring friendship as they grow from young girls to women in their 60s. Journeying through a half century of her mother's life in the pages of the scrapbook, Siddalee gains insight into her peculiar parent and begins to mend their fractured relationship. Based on the novels Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells.