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Little Altars Everywhere
Little Altars Everywhere
Author: Rebecca Wells
New York Times Best Seller “Rebecca Wells does such a marveous job reading . . . that her acting is worth equal billing with her terrific writing.” - The Providence Sunday Journal “Rebecca Wells brilliantly and adeptly moves among the voices, lending depth, honesty, and reality to the characters. With ...  more »- Bloomsbury Review “What an exciting new voice, and what a splendid first novel. Just wonderful!” - Pat ConroyLittle Altars Everywhere is the New York Times bestselling companion to Rebecca Wells's celebrated novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. The story unfolds in the alternating voices of Vivi and her husband, Big Shep, along with Sidda and her siblings, as well as the almost-but-not-quite family Chaney and Willetta. Wells embraces nearly thirty years of life on the Walker plantation in Thornton, Louisiana, where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelters, traps, and defines this utterly original community of souls. Who can resist the rich cadences of Sidda Walker and her flamboyant, secretive mother Vivi? Here, the young Sidda is the very essence of childhood joy and sorrow. In a series of luminous reminiscences, we also hear Little Shep's stories of his eccentric grandmother, and Baylor's memories of Vivi and her friends, the Ya-Yas. Little Altars Everywhere is an insightful, piercing, and unflinching evocation of childhood, a loving tribute to the transforming power of faith, and a thoroughly fresh chronicle of a family which is as haunted as it is blessed. Performed by the author on two cassettes. Little Altars Everywhere is also available on Cd, performed by the author - 0694521221 - $22.00.Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood is available performed by the author on cassette - 069452008X - $18.00; and on CD - 069452168X - $22.00.Both audiobooks on cassette are available in special box set The Ya Ya Audio Collection - 0694521817 - at the special price of $29.95. 
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ISBN-13: 9780694521531
ISBN-10: 0694521531
Publication Date: 1/1/1999
Edition: Abridged
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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 cosie3 avatar reviewed Little Altars Everywhere on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This story is about the first family of the Ya-Yas, Siddalee and her siblings, their alcoholic mother and distant dad. It has sections on each family members POV which helps the reader to see how the dysfunction came to be, beginning with the previous generation.

I enjoyed the book, just as I enjoyed the Ya-Ya sisterhood novel, and the subsequent one about the children of the Ya-Yas. This was published in 2005. Rebecca Wells is a talented writer that keeps the reader engaged, enthralled and enthusiastic. I rate it high on my favorite fiction list!
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Helpful Score: 1
If you read (or listened) to the Ya-Yas you will want to hear this tale too. It is the insightful, piercing and unflinching evocation of childhood of Sidda Walker, Vivi Walkers daughter.
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Helpful Score: 1
Little Altars Everywhere is the companion to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. This is an abridged version that is read by the author. Normally, I don't like abridged versions of books, but Rebecca Wells does such a great job performing this book that it is worth it.
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 reviewed Little Altars Everywhere on + 7 more book reviews
Fast read and entertaining!
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I did enjoy this book, however it wasn't as good as the first one, it just didn't flow as well but it did still capture you and send you back to a different time. The characters seem to be part of my own family. Give it a try!!
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Very enjoyable read. If you have the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, YOU MUST read this one. Goes much deeper into the Walker family and Vivi and Shep.
grammyteach avatar reviewed Little Altars Everywhere on + 192 more book reviews
wonderful book
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Much darker then Divine Sisters....But I can't wait to read Ya Ya's in Bloom!
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Great - read all of the books by Ms Wells!!
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Good book, I enjoyed it quite a bit, much better than ''Divine secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood'' which I had trouble finishing.
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This books is described as a companion to to the Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. While it contains our key players in Ya Ya and funny I didn't feel it was as entertaining as Ya Ya was.
However, I did feel it provided background information that was missing from Ya Ya. It told the stories of why some people were the way they were which helped me understand Ya Ya a little more.
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Another cutesy book and fast read by Rebecca Wells.
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The "prequel" to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Excellent book.


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