Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel (original 1992; edition 2005)

by Rebecca Wells

Series: The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1)

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Title:	Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel
Authors:	Rebecca Wells
Info:	Harper Paperbacks (2005), Paperback, 288 pages
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Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells (1992)

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Probably my least favorite Ya-ya book. It was a little harder to like Vivi in this one. I don't think there was a whole lot of explanation for why she was the way she was. (

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JG_IntrovertedReader | Apr 3, 2013 |

1 of 25 books for $10 bought today.

In L's room somewhere.

velvetink | Mar 31, 2013 |

I finished this and went straight into Divine Secrets. I am southern and it is so endearing to read a book dripping with southern life. Very enjoyable book, it starts light and funny but there is a dark part to this book. Can't wait to finish the second and move on to the third in the series! (

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LisMB | Jan 23, 2012 |

This book is best read after "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood". It shows the Walker family from the point of view of other family members as well as Siddalee. It starts off light in tone but becomes even darker than "Divine Secrets" towards the end of the book. (

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isabelx | Feb 24, 2011 |

The first book about the crazy walker family and the unstoppable ya-yas. A must have. (

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Series (with order)

The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1)

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Little Altars Everywhere

Original title

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Little Altars Everywhere

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1992

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Siddalee Walker

Vivi Walker

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Thornton, Louisiana, USA

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Awards and honors

Western States Book Award

Epigraph

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. - Katherine Mansfield

Dedication

To Thomas Schworer, my beloved
Thomas Wells, my brother
T.G., my guide
and
Lodi, my home soil

First words

In my dream, I'm five years old again and it's a summer night at our camp at Spring Creek.

Quotations

Cleanliness might be next to godliness, but honey let me tell you, ugliness will get you nowhere.

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"It can wear you to a nub, trying to be a popular person and a good Catholic all at the same time." So says Sidda, one of the characters inhabiting Little Altars Everywhere. Author Rebecca Wells uses her considerable acting talent to perform this abridgment, adding even more spark to her already lively characters. Everyone--Shep, Vivi, Willetta, and the rest--is given a distinct voice, and Wells plays each of them to the hilt. More like a recording of a one-woman show than a mere reading, Altars is an excellent example of how entertaining audiobooks can be. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney

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Siddalee Walker, a successful New York theater director, takes turns with her family in telling the story of their Louisiana upbringing, their experiences in Our Lady of the Divine Compassion parochial school, and the anguishes and blessings of childhood.… (more)

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