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The Crowning Glory Of Calla Lily Ponder (2009)

by Rebecca Wells(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0060175311 (ISBN13: 9780060175313)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harper

review 1: I was born and raised in the south. Grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi but also lived in New Orleans and Baton Rouge Louisiana. There were many great memories that came to mind of my own childhood with this books. Loved the honesty and just the prospective from a child and young adult. I will admit that it was a little slow at first and took me a little while to get hooked and dig in but after I did, just loved it!
review 2: Truthfully, I would probably give this book three and a half stars. I really enjoyed the first part of this story. Rebecca Wells does a fine job in portraying these young Louisiana kids growing up in a small town in the early 60's. I laughed at their antics, and the friendships that blossomed, and I could so relate to them, because it was t... morehe same time period that I was growing up. This story takes place in a small, magical town of La Luna, and I loved Calla's family. The love interest, Tuck, reminded me of my own high school love interest, and while Calla deals with her mom's third stage breast cancer, I was overwhelmed with the truths that Wells portrayed so beautifully. The book went south for me (no pun intended) after high school graduation, when Calla moves to New Orleans to pursue her career as a hairdresser. Everything gets neatly packaged, but, I did not see the end coming, so i feel that Wells redeemed herself. I liked this book. An aside--the reader of this audio was wonderful, I believe her name is Judith Ivey. less

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