false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179023059m/866345.jpg 6697 24 "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 <I>Little Altars Everywhere</I>. 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, <I>Altars</I> is an excellent example of how entertaining audiobooks can be. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) <I>--C.B. Delaney</I> 851747 1992 Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel total:7520|5:1031|4:2202|3:3006|2:1079|1:202| 7520 25341 8708 406 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 5 1 false Sun Jun 08 09:25:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 13:11:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77753 0060976845 9780060976842 304 36 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900412m/77753.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77753.Little_Altars_Everywhere 4 1 false Wed Sep 12 15:34:58 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 13:41:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 05:50:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 05:51:03 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Jul 12 11:40:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:00:09 -0700 2009
"You can't go anywhere with Mama without things getting nuts. If it's going along too smooth she will invent something just to stir things up. Sometimes we'...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 3 1 false Fri Nov 28 08:21:27 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 08:53:35 -0800 2008 after Ya Ya. Ugh, if I had read it beforehand, I may not have read the other book at all.

YaYa was written in a way that made Vivi seem human, but also with a decidedly magical charisma. In Altars she was - well, I dunno. Totally bonkers, I guess I'd say. And this...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 5 1 false Fri Aug 29 07:15:15 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 07:16:16 -0700 2008 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 22:42:28 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 19:42:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 25 13:50:49 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 14:13:12 -0700 2008
The Plot: Vivi and her husband Big Shep (also featured in the more commonly known 'Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood) live in Louisiana with their brood of children - most notably the eccentric and imaginative Siddalee. The book takes...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 0 2 false Sat Jun 07 07:00:21 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 07:15:34 -0700 2008 I was shocked when re-reading some things I must have forgotten in my original reading of the book. I don't...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 04:51:55 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 04:56:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 12:50:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 11:14:04 -0800 2008
I just finished this b...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sat Nov 03 19:26:23 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 19:26:49 -0700 2007 This book is the growing up years of the Ya-Yas, their history and why they are the way they are. It is full of underli...more...]]> 866345 0330376705 9780330376709 22 2 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179023059m/866345.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/866345.Little_Altars_Everywhere 3 0 false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Sep 01 09:59:07 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 10:19:49 -0700 2007
This is the story of the Walker-Family, told alternately by the four kids, Vivi Walker (the matriarch of the family), her husband and their black housemaid...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 4 0 false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 04:44:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 04:46:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Aug 11 06:40:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 06:44:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sun Aug 02 16:25:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:29:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 14 18:50:53 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 18:56:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 2 0 false Mon Mar 09 22:15:23 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:19:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77753 0060976845 9780060976842 304 36 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900412m/77753.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77753.Little_Altars_Everywhere 3 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 08:26:25 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 08:31:15 -0700 2007
However, in ...more...]]> 6697 0060759968 9780060759964 7064 354 3.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604311m/6697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697.Little_Altars_Everywhere_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Oct 21 16:12:07 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 16:14:34 -0700 2007 amazon.com customer reviews, I was hesitant to read this because I thought it would ruin the Ya-Ya Sisterhood for me, which I find to be very calming, beautiful, and nostalgic. But Little Altars wasn't as harsh as I had been led to believe, though, granted, Vivi was a child mol...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=866345