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de Rebecca Wells (Author) "In my dream, I'm five years old again and it's a summer night at our camp at Spring Creek ..." En savoir plus
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"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 Little Altars Everywhere. 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, Altars is an excellent example of how entertaining audiobooks can be. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney --Ce texte provient de la Audio Cassette édition.


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The lineage of Wells's first novel can be traced directly to the "adult children" literature that has gained popularity in recent years. "I have one main rule for myself these days: Don't hit the baby. It means: Don't hurt the baby that is me. Don't beat up on the little one who I'm learning to hold and comfort . . . ," Siddalee says in the book's final chapter. Her voice, like those of the lesser narrators (sister, two brothers, parents, grandmother, blacks who work for the family), sounds increasingly contrived as the book progresses. The structure doesn't help matters, allocating one or two chapters to most characters--in Part I showing Siddalee and her siblings as children in Louisiana in the 1960s, in Part II the same characters 30 years later. Attempts at black dialect or small-town Louisiana slang are also superficial. The entire book consists of retellings, with little room (or incentive) for readers to share the action. There are some wonderful sections, such as when the grandmother's lap dog has a "hysterectomy," then learns to put dolls to bed as if they were her children, but such moments cannot sustain the reader's interest through more than 200 pages.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A Good Read, Mai 31 2004
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This review is from: Little Altars Everywhere (Hardcover)
This was a nice easy read for high schoolers or adults. It's written in a laid back style with everyday language. The way it's written in all diferent voices and including tons of different points of view also kept it interesting. There were, however, some very disturbing parts and the cover and title seemed misleading to me.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Little Altars Everywhere, Mai 26 2004
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Rebecca Wells is the author of Little Altars Everywhere. It is a novel about family relationships and the struggles they go through. She draws the attention of the reader through the use of emotions of even a seemingly heartless character. The novel can make you cry, yet at other times you sit there and laugh. Rebecca shows the value of family and friendship in this novel which is a crucial part of life in 1960's Louisiana. Rebecca Wells is often compared to Danielle Steel because of their use of emotions are very similar. Little Altars Everywhere won Rebecca the Western States Book Award. The sequel to this novel, The Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood was turned into a motion picture.
Unlike other novels, this one does not have a plot that goes in a straight line. It does not have an introduction, suspense, or a conclusion. Instead, it goes back and forth between the voices of the characters. There is not one main character.
There are two parts to this novel: The first part of the novel takes place in 1960's Louisiana. The second half is thirty years later. Each member of the family take turns talking in this intriguing novel. The parents, Viviane and Big Shep Walker, the children Siddalee, Little Shep, Baylor and Lulu, and the two black helpers Willetta and Chaney, talk about events that happen in their daily lives. What is interesting is, rather than having one narrator as most novels do, this novel is narrated by the individual characters, chapter by chapter. Each family member has a different point of view on events. They also have different view points of Viviane's alcoholism. Each character came alive in their respective chapters. You could picture these characters in your mind.
Viviane Walker is the alcoholic, mother who has extreme highs and lows. Big Shep is the father. He is a cotton grower and likes to duck hunt. Siddalee is the oldest daughter. Her and her mother love to read and spend hours at the public library. She is a devoted Catholic and her emotions tell a great story. Baylor tells of the family's summer house at Spring Creek: how wonderful it is during the summer and how it is just his mom, his siblings and the Ya-Ya's. He loves how they are allowed to do whatever they want when they are at Spring Creek without daddy ever finding out. Little Shep loves yard dogs and tells about his experience one day with his grandma Buggy's poodle named "Miss Peppy." He is adventurous and likes to have fun. The youngest daughter Lulu, is the rebellious one. Her chapter is all about how she shoplifts and gives the items she steels as presents to her family until one day she gets caught and plays it off like she is an orphan. Willetta and Chaney are the black couple who help out the family. Chaney's family has been working with the Walker family for many generations; they are both good at heart. All of these characters are expressed through Wells' use of emotion and make the story one you can not put down.
The second half of the novel takes place in the 1990's and each member of the family again take turns talking, but this time it is about their past. Siddalee grows up and moves to New York, becomes a play-writer, and has been in therapy for ten years trying to figure out her mother. She is so drawn into the past and her emotional scars that her mother has left on her that she doesn't want to go home and see her mother.
She feels that her mother has ruined her life. Each character talks about the alcohol, physical abuse and violence they all had to go through to live and cope with Viviane.
The southern setting of the novel again is in Louisiana in the 1960's and plays a key role in the relationships with family and friends. The author grew up in Louisiana and could really express what life was like. Like Sidallee, Ms. Wells also moved to New York and became a writer as well as an actress and a play writer. But, this is not an autobiographical novel.
This novel is a real page turner. It opens your eyes to what life was like in Louisiana in the 1960's, with a very dysfunctional family. It is happy and sad all rolled into one exciting, must read novel.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 a Good Book, Mai 12 2004
Par Jen Brown (Wilmette IL) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I thought Little Altars Everywhere was very well written. Not like anything else i have read before. I enjoyed reading every minute of it. I wanted to learn more about the Walker Family. Each page was full of interesting comments or stories.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Little Altars
"Little Altars Everywhere" is a humorous and heart-breaking look further into the Walker family. Read more
Publié le Avril 27 2004 par A.E.B.

5.0étoiles sur 5 Refreshing Novel with Some Twists
I read 'Little Altars Everywhere' for my English class this year...it is a wonderful novel. The main character- Siddalee Walker- is not only intelligent beyond her years but she... Read more
Publié le Avril 20 2004 par ashmo622

4.0étoiles sur 5 Wow!!
Well this book was not at all what I expected! It's so much darker than I thought it would be. I thought the Ya-Yas where a fun-loving, happy-go-lucky kinda group (I'm basing this... Read more
Publié le Avril 19 2004 par Mercedes L. Johnmeyer

5.0étoiles sur 5 Brilliant and moving
Reminiscent of Jackson McCrae's THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD or THE DEVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA, this stellar read is bound to please. Read more
Publié le Avril 13 2004

5.0étoiles sur 5 Great Book
Reading Little Altars Everywhere prior to Ya-Ya Sisterhood is key to better understanding Ya-Ya. Together the two books tell a complete story. Read more
Publié le Mars 29 2004 par Patty Philbrook

4.0étoiles sur 5 It's the darker stuff that came before Ya-Ya
Sadder and much, much darker than Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere is really about what went on before the Ya-Ya years. Read more
Publié le Janv. 9 2004 par Peggy Vincent

4.0étoiles sur 5 It was pretty good.
I read Little altars everywhere because I really enjoyed the movie. This book was good, but I think the author might have described things too much at times, and it just dragged... Read more
Publié le Déc 28 2003

3.0étoiles sur 5 so-so
I enjoyed reading this book. It was nice, albeit disturbing to visit Sidalee's household as she grew up. Read more
Publié le Nov. 14 2003 par jlc4056

4.0étoiles sur 5 Little Altars... Before or after Ya-Yas?
I just finished Wells' Little Altars Everywhere, and with having already read The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, I wasn't sure if this novel was meant to be read before... Read more
Publié le Oct. 24 2003 par jmz

4.0étoiles sur 5 A good book
I read this book in two sittings. It was easy to read, and enjoyable. I like getting inside the heads of characters so different from myself. Read more
Publié le Sep 21 2003

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