"Brilliant. . . . . a classic Southern tale. . . . The author's gift for giving life to so many voices leaves the reader profoundly moved." -
Seattle Weekly
The companion novel to Rebecca Wells's celebrated #1
New York Timesbestseller
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Who 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 Everywhereis 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.
"The trials and triumphs of a fascinating but extremely dysfunctional family. . . . an essential purchase for all popular fiction collections." -
Library Journal
"Wells's people pop with life." -
Kirkus Reviews
"Just wonderful!" -Pat Conroy,
New York Times bestselling author of
Prince of Tides
