Little Altars Everywhere

Name: Little Altars Everywhere
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.9 (21 reviews)
Author: Rebecca Wells
ISBN: 9780061962455

Author: Rebecca Wells

Series: Ya-Ya Series

Narrator: Rebecca Wells

Abridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 07/07/2009

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

“Brilliant. . . . A structural tour de force. . . . A classic Southern tale of dysfunctional and marginal madness. The author’s gift for giving life to so many voices leaves the reader profoundly moved.”— Seattle WeeklyThe companion novel to Rebecca Wells’s celebrated #1 New York Times bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodWho can resist the rich cadences of Sidda Walker and her flamboyant, secretive mother, Vivi? Here, the young Sidda—a precocious reader and an eloquent observer of the fault lines that divide her family—leads us into her mischievous adventures at Our Lady of Divine Compassion parochial school and beyond. A Catholic girl of pristine manners, devotion, and provocative ideas, Sidda is the very essence of childhood joy and sorrow.Little Altars Everywhere is an insightful, piercing, and unflinching evocation of childhood, a loving tribute to the transformative power of faith, and a thoroughly fresh chronicle of a family that is as haunted as it is blessed.

About Rebecca Wells

REBECCA WELLS is the author of the #1 NYT bestseller of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, which was on the bestseller list for almost two years, and was made into a film by Warner Brothers, and was short-listed for the Womens Prize for Fiction. Her other NYT best-selling novels include Little Altars Everywhere and Ya-Yas in Bloom. Her stand-alone novel, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, introduces a new set of characters. She is the recipient of the Western States Book Award and the American Book Award. Her stage plays include Splittin’ Hairs and Gloria Duplex. She is an actor, playwright, lecturer, and creativity coach, and a member of the Interfaith Vegan Coalition. She can be reached at RebeccaWellsBooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stevie on January 19, 2013

Consider this a review of all three of the Ya-ya books because what I have to say about this one can't be said without referencing (without spoilers, of course) the other two. These books are going to be love/hate for everybody who touches them. So let's get the good out of the way: some people say......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on August 11, 2017

I almost want to say there is something Proustian about this novel except while I don't fear intellectual eye-rolling over my calling a popular novel written by and about southern women Proustian, I do fear eye-rolling over not quite correct use of the word. What I mean, then, is reading this novel......more

Goodreads review by RunRachelRun on December 17, 2008

Not as good as "Ya-Ya", but yikes! Vivi is a child molester? Yuck!!! I actually couldn't believe reading that chapter - it's as if Rebecca Wells got tired of creating this amazing whirlwind of a character and decided that she had to have a truly evil center. For me, it's like Wells burned down the b......more

Goodreads review by Julia on July 22, 2020

Ok I rarely review things with 5 stars, I'm a notorious 4-starrer all around because I generally like the books I read by the time I finish them 😂 I LOVE Rebecca Wells voice(s). Her style reminds me of Salinger, but with a twinge of femininity. Her expertise as a playwright creates a truly lively bo......more

Goodreads review by Alexandria on July 31, 2024

3.5 Stars. This sequel gives you more insight into what went on from multiple POV’s......more