Little Altars Everywhere -- Rebecca Wells

<p><strong>"Brilliant. . . . A structural tour de force. . . . A classic Southern tale of dysfunctional and marginal madness. The author's gift for giving life to so many voices leaves the reader profoundly moved."-- <em>Seattle Weekly</em></strong></p><p><strong>The companion novel to Rebecca Wells's celebrated #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood</em></strong></p><p>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.</p><p><em>Little Altars Everywhere</em> 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.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Rebecca Wells<br><b>Publisher:</b> Harper Perennial<br><b>Published:</b> 02/15/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.47lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.69d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060759964<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.3<br><b>Point Value:</b> 14<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </