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Clarifies some of the unanswered questions about Sidda's childhood influences. A great read on its own, but it's even better when read with the "Divine Secrets" book.

Not nearly as good as Divine Secrets

Love this series.

Now I'm on chapter 3, and its melted my heart already :-D

Left me wanting more of these characters!

Good, sad, hard, and beautiful.

Dysfunction is defined aptly and it resonated with my inner thoughts about how families do not function! Rebecca Wells builds lovable characters like no other author.

I lost the "it's my hometown" appeal in the second book. It wasn't a bad read, just had to push myself through it.

I think I liked “Little Altars” more than “Divine Secrets.” The formatting of the first reminded me of journals or the free form writing I disliked in “On the Road” but liked here. The second was long but felt like it had holes and inconsistencies in timing in relation to events in the first book. There was so much from the 1940s but I wanted more from the 1960s. I loved the section about the “Gone with the Wind” premiere having read and watched that recently.

It can hold its own and isn’t merely in the shadow of its sister book. The truths from this book shook me but I was pleased there was some reconciliation in the family.

I liked this one more than the Ya-Ya book.