Rebecca Wells, Author . HarperCollins $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-019534-2
The Ya-Ya sisters shimmy on and off stage in this disjointed follow-up to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
, Wells's bestselling novel about the singular friendship and escapades of four larger-than-life Southern women. The author is off...
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Rebecca Wells, Author . Harper $25.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-017531-3
Wells (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
) weaves more of the magic that made her a bestseller. At first, Calla Lily Ponder appears to be just like any other young woman growing up in the small town of La Luna, La., where life is simple and...
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Rebecca Wells, Author HarperCollins $24 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-017328-9
Carrying echoes of both Fannie Flagg and Pat Conroy, Wells's second novel continues the story of Siddalee Walker, introduced in Little Altars Everywhere (1992). When Sidda asks her mother, the aging belle Vivi, for help in researching women's...
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Rebecca Wells, Author Broken Moon Press $13.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-913089-25-5
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....
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Rebecca Wells, Author, Judith Ivey, Read by , read by Judith Ivey. Books on Tape $80 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7366-8656-3
Veteran narrator Ivey is magnificent in her performance of Wells's sprawling, delicious novel of lifelong female friendship and mother-daughter tension and reconciliation. When Siddalee Walker, a successful theater director, accidentally lets...
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