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Little altars everywhere : a novel

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.

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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."@en
  • "De drankzuchtige moeder drukt een fataal stempel op het leven van een katoenplantersgezin in Louisiana."
  • "The bestselling novel that introduced us to the Ya-Yas! Meet Vivi Walker, her daughter Sidda and her quirky gal pals in a tale that embraces 30 years of life on a southern plantation - and the secrets that define a community of souls."
  • "The Walker clan, Vivi and Big Shep; their children Sidda, Little Shep, Lulu, and Baylor; Vivi's long-time girlfriends the Ya-Yas; and neighbors Cheney and Willetta, live out their lives in flamboyant and secretive style in the bayou of Thorton, Louisiana."@en
  • "Siddalee Walker, a successful New York theater director, takes turns with her family in telling the story of their Louisiana upbringing and their experiences in the classrooms of the Penguins of Our Lady of the Divine Compassion."@en
  • "The Walker clan, Vivi and Big Shep; their children Sidda, Little Shep, Lulu, and Baylor; Vivi's long-time girlfriends the Ya-Yas; and neighbors Cheney and Willetta, live out their lives in flamboyant and secretive style in the bayou of Thorton, Louisiana."
  • "The story recalls thirty years of life on a plantation in Louisiana where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelters, traps, and defines an utterly original community of souls that include Vivi, her husband Big Shep, Sidda, Little Shep, Lulu, Bayor, Cheney, and Willetta."@en
  • "This novel 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 an utterly original community of souls."@en
  • "Told in alternating voices of Vivi and her husband, Big Shep, along with Sidda, her siblings Little Shep, Lulu, Baylor, and Cheney and Willetta--the black couple who impact the Walkers' lives in ways they never fully comprehend--Little Altars embraces nearly thirty years of life on the plantation in Thorton, Louisiana, where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelter, trap and define an utterly original community of souls. Who can resist such 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 on a 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 sorrow and joy and sorrow. In a series of Luminous reminiscences, we also hear Little Shep's stories of his eccentric grandmother, Lulu's matter-of-fact account of her shoplifting skills, and Baylor's memories of Vivi and her friends, the Ya-Yas. Beneath the humor and tight-knit bonds of family and friendship lie the undercurrents of alcoholism, abuse, and violence. The overlapping recollections of how the Walkers' charming life uncoils to convey their heart-breaking confusion are oat once unsettling and familiar. Wells creates an unforgettable portrait of the eccentric cast of characters and exposes their poignant and funny attempts to keep reality at arm's length. Through our laughter we feel their inevitable pain, with a glimmer of hope for forgiveness and healing. An arresting combination of colloquialism, poetry, and grace Little Altars Everywhere is an insightful, piercing and unflinching evocation of childhood, a loving tribute to the transformative power of faith, and thoroughly fresh chronicle of a family that is as haunted as it is blessed."
  • "Siddalee Walker, a successful New York theater director, takes turns with her family in telling the story of their Louisiana upbringing, their experiences in the classrooms of the Penguins of Our Lady of the Divine Compassion, and the anguishes of childhood."@en
  • "Siddalee Walker, a successful New York theater director, takes turns with her family in telling the story of their Louisiana upbringing, their excperiences in the classrooms of the Penguins of Our Lady of the Divine Compassion, and the anguishes of childhood."@en
  • ""This novel 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 an utterly original community of souls."--Cover."@en
  • "The companion to the beloved bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, here is the funny, heartbreaking, and powerfully insightful tale that first introduced Siddalee, Vivi, their spirited Walker clan, and the indomitable Ya-Yas."@en
  • "Jack the B."
  • "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."
  • "Annotation. "We are swinging high flying way up, higher than in real life.And when I look down, I see all the ordinary stuff -- our brick house, the porch the tool shed, the oil drum barbecue pit, the clothesline, the chinaberry tree. But they are all lit up from inside so their everyday selves have holy sparks in them, and if only people could see those sparks, they'd go and kneel in front of them and pray and just feel good. Somehow the whole world looks like little altars everywhere." Little Altars Everywhere is a national best-seller, a companion to Rebecca Wells's celebrated novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Originally published in 1992, Little Altars introduces Sidda, Vivi, the rest of the spirited walker clan, and the indomitable Ya-Yas. It is now available for the first time in hardcover. Told in alternating voices of Vivi and her husband, Big Shep, along with Sidda, her siblings Little Shep, Lulu, Baylor, and Cheney and Willetta--the black couple who impact the Walkers' lives in ways they never fully comprehend--Little Altars embraces nearly thirty years of life on the plantation in Thorton, Louisiana, where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelter, trap and define an utterly original community of souls. Who can resist such 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 on a 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 sorrow and joy and sorrow. In a series of Luminous reminiscences, we also hear Little Shep's stories of his eccentric grandmother, Lulu's matter-of-fact account of her shoplifting skills, and Baylor's memories of Vivi and her friends, the Ya-Yas. Beneath the humor and tight-knit bonds of family and frie."
  • "Told in alternating voices of Vivi and her husband, Big Shep, along with Sidda, her siblings Little Shep, Lulu, Baylor, and Cheney and Willetta--the black couple who impact the Walkers' lives in ways they never fully comprehend--"Little Altars embraces nearly thirty years of life on the plantation in Thorton, Louisiana, where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelter, trap and define an utterly original community of souls."
  • "Told in alternating voices of Vivi and her husband, Big Shep, along with Sidda, her siblings Little Shep, Lulu, Baylor, and Cheney and Willetta--the black couple who impact the Walkers' lives in ways they never fully comprehend--"Little Altars embraces nearly thirty years of life on the plantation in Thorton, Louisiana, where the cloying air of the bayou and a web of family secrets at once shelter, trap and define an utterly original community of souls."@en
  • "A classic tale of a dysfunctional Southern family in southern Louisiana."@en

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  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction, American"@en
  • "Domestic fiction, American"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Små altare överallt : Roman"
  • "Wie Himmel und Hölle : Roman"
  • "Southern comfort : de eerste allesbehalve volmaakte videobeelden van Gods goedertierenheid : roman"
  • "Little altars everywhere : a novel"@en
  • "Little altars everywhere : a novel"
  • "Little Altars Everywhere"
  • "Little Altars Everywhere"@en
  • "Little Altars everywhere"@en
  • "Autuaitten alttareilla"@fi
  • "Pequeños altares"
  • "Pequeños altares"@es
  • "Little altars : everywhere"
  • "Små altare överallt : roman"@sv
  • "Wie Himmel und Hölle Roman"
  • "Little altars everywhere"
  • "Little altars everywhere"@en
  • "Little Alters Everywhere"@en
  • "LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE"
  • "Little altars everywhere a novel"@en
  • "Wszędzie małe ołtarzyki"
  • "Little Altars Everywhere--Rebecca Wells"
  • "LITTLE ALTARS EVERY WHERE"@en

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