Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel (The Ya-Ya Series Book 2)

"Brilliant. . . . .a classic Southern tale. . . . 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."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