![]() David Rasche as Taylor Abbot, Vivi's father.Cherry Jones as "Buggy" Abbott, Vivi's mother. ![]() Shirley Knight as Denise Rose "Necie" Kelleher Ogden.Fionnula Flanagan as Aimee Malissa "Teensy" Whitman.Maggie Smith as Caroline Eliza "Caro" Brewer Bennett.James Garner as Shepherd James "Shep" Walker.Ashley Judd as young Vivi Abbott-Walker.Ellen Burstyn as Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker.Sandra Bullock as Siddalee "Sidda" Walker.Vivi and the Sisters induct Sidda into the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Vivi and Sidda reconcile, and Sidda decides that she wants to marry Connor in Louisiana. With this revelation, Sidda finally understands her mother's suffering. Unbeknownst to Sidda, Vivi had been prescribed a dangerous dosage of antidepressant Dexamyl, which caused her erratic behavior she had to be hospitalized following the incident. It is revealed that the main source of conflict in Sidda and Vivi's relationship is an incident where Vivi had a nervous breakdown and brutally beat Sidda and her siblings. ![]() Sidda is unmoved in her opinion of Vivi as self-centered and helpless, and is so upset she tells Connor she wants to postpone their wedding. They kidnap Sidda in New York and take her back to Louisiana, hoping to show her how Vivi's troubled past has caused her present issues, including her fight with Sidda.Īs the Sisters show Sidda Vivi's scrapbook, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, a series of flashbacks depicts Vivi's turbulent history from her childhood to Sidda's, which include Vivi witnessing racism at Teensy's aunt and uncle's house, being falsely accused of incest with her father Taylor by her bitter and jealous mother Buggy, and losing the love of her life Jack Whitman, Teensy's older brother, to an airplane crash in World War II. Still friends despite the years, the other Ya-Ya Sisters, Caro Benett, Teensy Whitman, and Necie Kelleher, decide to take the matter into their own hands. Vivi cuts Sidda from her will, and Sidda disinvites Vivi from her upcoming wedding to fiancé Connor McGill. ![]() The article upsets Vivi, who calls Sidda and angrily declares that she is dead to her. The reporter sensationalizes Sidda's complaint, implying abuse and deep, dark family secrets. In 1990s New York City, Vivi's eldest daughter, playwright Siddalee "Sidda" Walker, gives an interview with a reporter from Time, mentioning her unhappy childhood as a major source of inspiration for her work. In 1937 Louisiana, four little girls in the woods at night take a blood oath of loyalty to one another, led by Vivi Abbott, who dubs the group the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood." It is based on Rebecca Wells' 1996 novel of the same name and its 1992 prequel collection of short stories, Little Altars Everywhere. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 2002 American comedy-drama film starring an ensemble cast headed by Sandra Bullock, co-written and directed by Callie Khouri. ![]()
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