The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught - Neta Jackson

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Title: The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught
Author: Neta Jackson
Genre: Christian fiction
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 401
Date read: October 2008, June 2009, July 2012, July 2020

For the Yada prayer sisters, gettin' caught up in troubles isn't the problem; it's how to get free.

Ruth and Ben are caught up in an unplanned pregnancy-in their fifties! Chanda is deluded by the glitter of her lottery dream come true. Florida wants to move her family, hoping to leave trouble behind, but it looks like it may catch up with her anyway. Avis is torn between honoring her new husband and helping her abused adult daughter, who keeps running home to Mama.

If there's an upside, it's that all this trouble reveals the subtle lies the Yadas believe about God, themselves, each other, and life.


Two Yada Yada books read in as many days. Somehow this does not surprise me one bit. I think "Gets Caught" is the weakest of the 5 I've read so far, but that just means it's a little less fantastic than the others. I still loved it, and know I'll be spending the next several days 'trapped' in the atmosphere and wanting to get hold of the last two books.

Neta Jackson makes me feel like I know these people, and that I'm right there next to them. Can't wait to see what happens with Edesa and Josh, and I hope the lessons Jodi learns will stick with me too.