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Title	:	The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Author	:	Rebecca Wells
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 395 pages
Published	:	July 7th 2009 by Harper (first published January 1st 2009)
Categories	:	Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. American. Southern

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder Hardcover | Pages: 395 pages

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 “Rebecca Wells has done it again….A new book full of Southern charm and unique characters…impossible to put down.”
—Houston Chronicle

“Wells weaves that magic spell again.”
—New Orleans Times-Picayune

For Ya-Ya fans everywhere, New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Wells returns with The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. The creator of the literary sensations Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, and Ya-Yas in Bloom delivers an unforgettable new stand-alone novel about the pull of first love, the power of home, and everyday magic. No matter if you already adore the Ya-Yas or haven’t yet entered the miraculous world of Rebecca Wells, you are going to love—and never forget—Calla Lily Ponder.

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Original Title:	The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
ISBN:	0060175311 (ISBN13: 9780060175313)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Chick Lit (2009)

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Let me start by saying that this is the first book by Rebecca Wells that I have read. She writes beautiful, lyrical prose that meanders along like the river that is central to this tale.When I first started this novel, I noted that it was beautifully written by slow moving. As I spent more time getting to know calla Lily Ponder, I realized that her journey moved in bits and spurts, at times meandering and other times rushing forward much like rivers do.I loved the narratives from La Luna or the

One of the best books I've read in a long time! This novel follows the life of one girl as she grows up in rural Louisiana and explores her friendships, her romantic relationships, her family, and her career.

What a disappointment!!! I truly wanted to like this book... I read The Ya Ya Sisterhood and Little Altars Everywhere a few years back, and I remember loving them, so when I saw the author's newest book at the library, I grabbed it. As I read the first few chapters, I thought the book moved pretty slowly and was kind of schmaltzy. As I got farther along, I just found that the characters were cliche, and in my mind, many of Calla Lily's and her friends' quotes seemed very "Peggy Hill". It also

Rebecca Wells is back and better than ever with The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder! Fans of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood be forewarned - I think that I may actually like Calla Lily more than the Ya'Ya's. I was charmed by page 2, in tears by page 6 and totally committed to Calla, La Luna and M'Dear by page 11.Calla and her two brothers grow up in a loving family in the tiny hamlet of La Luna, LA. But the love and protection her family and friends provide as she grows up isn't enough to protect her

I tried to like this book, but it was just so boring. The characters were one-dimensional southern stereotypes. For example, everyone in the small town of La Luna, LA simply adored the main character, Cala Lily Ponder, and when her mother, M'Dear, died, the whole town rallied to raise Cala Lily. M'dear, a hairdresser, had healed people while doing their hair and was known to dance at odd times and places. This, paired with her worship of the Moon Lady (they live in La Luna, get it?), and her

If you loved Rebecca Wells's Little Altars Everywhere and/or Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and you intend to read The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, expect an inferior work, inferior even to her Ya-Yas in Bloom. Yes, descriptive prose in The Crowning Glory put tastes in my mouth, smells in my nose, images in my eyes. But most of the dialogue reminded me of conversations in soap operas. And the foreshadowing devices seemed like billboards displaying what's ahead. Yet I kept

Meh. Very disappointed in this one. I read "Little Altars Everywhere" and "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" years and years ago, but I remember absolutely loving them. "Ya-Yas in Bloom" was mediocre at best, but I held out hope for this one, thinking since Calla Lily was a fresh character the book might be of the quality of Wells' first two novels. Sadly, it wasn't. Wells tried to touch on deep/important themes, but it all came out as fluff. I didn't dislike the main