Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

"Charting the unique bond of four friends growing up in Louisiana in the 1960s – and the breakdown of a fraught mother-daughter relationship in the present day – this book is my go-to summer read. It’s packed with evocative scenes of summer: think long hot days spent swimming off the riverbank and knocking back iced tea cocktails with spicy shrimp gumbo.

"It also boasts a brilliant cast of vibrant, flawed characters and has just the right blend of humour and tragedy to make it a compulsive beachside page-turner."

Recommendation by Anna Brech, Stylist.co.uk's Writer

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