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Summary: Better than Divine Secrets of Ya Ya Sisterhood
Review: I liked this book more than the latter release of the bestseller of Ya Yas. I am repulsed by Vivi and feel sorry for her family and all that know her. She is mean and selfish and traumatized her children. I pity her and find her to be a villainess, an interesting one at that. This book was easier to read, more consistent and I kept the pages turning in comparison to the the Ya Ya book. It's lighter and when you add reading this book with the Ya-Ya book... both books together is a decent time if you have the time. Read both if you must since it's more worthwhile than reading just one or the other.
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Summary: Wonderful, when is the next one.
Review: Little Altars and Ya Ya were the best novels I have read this year. The friendships and family were very entertaining. I laughed and cried.
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Summary: Had tears in my eyes the whole time
Review: Wow. I'm breathless. I read the last page of this book no more than five minutes ago, and I'm absolutely speechless. I didn't even realize how much meaning this book would have, and how much it would touch me. I actually wanted to crawl inside the pages and hug those children and cry their tears. LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE was very poignant and powerful, funny and sad. Wow...this one will be with me for a long, long time.
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Summary: A very good lead in to The Divine Secrets
Review: It at first started slow I thought but I must say the feeling in Rebecca's words and thoughts are very pulling on your thoughts and feelings and again a very important begining to The Divine Secrets- and I believe so much more could be done with both pieces
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Summary: a mishmosh of alcoholism, child abuse, and immature adults
Review: I was very much disappointed . It was a soap opera told from varying points of view but with one major intention to shock the reader with its descriptions of alcoholism, child abuse, and adult irresponsibility. The Yayas' bonding seemed to be only an excuse to escape the confines of marriage and motherhood. The title and the description of its significance appears to be a pathetic attempt to add literary value to a novel without it.
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Summary: excellent read
Review: Rebecca Wells I want to thank you for this book. I grew up with alcoholic parents and you really hit the nail on the head with this one. In more ways than one I relate to this book. Siddalee saw things in the perspective i did when i was a child .Really the only thing missing was a tear jerking Hank Williams record. Thank you again.
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Summary: Hmm... Disturbing
Review: Well..you coudln't really say it's an excellant novel because the Divine Secrets is definitely better. I too support a reader who said that everyone should read the Divine secrets first before reading this. Because this is really just a compilation of short stories of the Walker Family.It doesn't really tell much. BUt as a short stories collection, I still find something to laugh at...
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Summary: Entertaining and funny book until the sad ending
Review: The book had many delightful parts (my favorite being that when Buggy's dog's babies were "kidnapped") that made me want to keep on reading. I couldn't put it down up until Part 2. That's when the fun and entertainment ended. The plot became depressing and the delightful charaters I thought I knew so well disappeared. This could have been one of my favorite books if it hadn't been for the dark conclusion.
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Summary: Contrived, unrealistic, boring
Review: I'm sure to be in the minority in considering this book to be highly over rated. I had no sympathy for the problems of its characters, nor did I find it to be worthy in any way of the best seller status it has attained. Rather, I consider it to be a prime example of the "dumbing down " of the average reader.
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Summary: WHAT A WONDERFUL READ!
Review: As a South African who know very little about the South of America, this book left me with a wonderful insight into Southern family life in the early '60's. The dialogue is very entertaining and it is one of those books that you just can't put down. Congrats to Rebecca Wells for a fantastic novel! I can hardly wait for the next one.
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