When Siddalee Walker; oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker; Ya-Ya extraordinaire; is interviewed in the New York Times about a hit play she's directed; her mother gets described as a "tap-dancing child abuser." Enraged; Vivi disowns Sidda. Devastated; Sidda begs forgiveness; and postpones her upcoming wedding. All looks bleak until the Ya-Yas step in and convince Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of their girlhood mementos; called "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.