Rebecca Wells's Reviews
Reviews of Rebecca’s Work
Jun.14.2010
Published by http://lishost.org/~hpplblog/reads/?p=701
Wells can tell a story and, as anyone who has read her Ya-Ya books knows, she’ll take you from laughter to tears to anger and back to laughter in a heartbeat. She also knows about...
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Jul.05.2009
Published by The Columbus Dispatch
A spunky Louisiana girl survives tears and triumphs with the help of friends, family and the Moon Lady in the latest novel by Rebecca Wells, the belle of Southern fiction.
The...
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Jul.05.2009
Published by Austin American-Statesman
First came the Ya-Yas, a tight-knit foursome drenched in Southern charm and grit. Now comes Calla Lily Ponder, who forges her own way in small-town Louisiana, with a little...
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Jul.05.2009
Published by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's hard not to fall in love with the people in this magical place, where love is as plentiful as the dancing, gumbo and ice-cold Cokes.
"Crowning Glory," much like the books...
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Jul.08.2009
Published by The Times-Picayune
When readers are invited into novelist Rebecca Wells' Louisiana, they follow as if led by the Pied Piper. Who can resist those moonlit nights, those swimming holes, that delicious...
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Jul.10.2009
Published by North Kitsap Herald
Fiction junkies packing for vacation can without hesitation place “The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder” into the juicy reading pile. There’s period drama, there’s romance, and...
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Published by The Seattle Times
Fans of the Ya-Yas are in luck: Rebecca Wells is back, with a new novel whose ponderous title introduces a charming heroine in a new cast of richly eccentric Louisianans. They're...
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Published by Kitsap Sun
You can take the girl out of the bayou, but when it comes to Rebecca Wells, it looks like you can’t take the bayou out of the girl. The Bainbridge Island author has called the...
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Jul.24.2009
Published by The Washington Post
Calla Lily Ponder is born in the little Louisiana town of La Luna, or The Moon, which borders on a meandering river of the same name. This is fitting because the town's...
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Aug.23.2009
Published by http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/entertainment/books_literature/article/BWELLS23_20090819-172603/28
Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder," is tugged by the moon. In fact, the moon is more or less a character in the book, shining upon its namesake town of La Luna and particularly...
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Sep.05.2009
Published by The Star News
Louisiana native Rebecca Wells hit the big time with “Little Altars Everywhere” (1992) and launched into orbit with its sequel, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” (1996),...
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About Rebecca
Rebecca Wells was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. “I grew up,” she says, “in the fertile world of story-telling, filled with flamboyance, flirting, futility, and fear.” Surrounded by Louisiana raconteurs, a large extended family, and Our Lady of...
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Lyme Disease Foundation