Little Altars Everywhere

Author: Rebecca Wells

Siddalee Walker, one of the sharpest-eyed little chatterboxes since Huckleberry Finn, is the oldest daughter of the Walker clan of Thornton, Louisiana. Her mother is Vivi Walker, the bourbon-drinking leader of a pack of girlfriends, the Ya-Yas…..Read More

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