A moveable manuscript Sep 13, 2009
Pick of the week Rita Moran of Apple Valley Books in Winthrop, Maine, recommends The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (Harper): It s a luminous account of love gained and lost, of life s beginning and end, of finding the joy in each day. Wells s latest is full of characters you will want to spend time with, as well as recommend to your friends and reading groups. (Boston Globe)
‘E.T.’ available on MAX on Comcast Aug 12, 2009
(MAX on Comcast) An uneasy mix of molasses-thick melodrama and ribald jokes, this adaptation of the much-beloved Rebecca Wells novel, starring Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, and James Garner, still somehow exudes warmth and charm behind its crooked smile. Sure, it s contrived and predictable, but there are enough well-tuned performances to make it winning. (Boston Globe)
Rebecca Wells pours on the sugar in 'Lily Ponder' Jul 30, 2009
Rebecca Wells pours on the sugar in 'Lily Ponder ... The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily PonderBy Rebecca WellsHarper, 391 pp. (USA Today -- Life)
A bullet in darkness Jul 5, 2009
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, by Rebecca Wells (Harper). Black Hills, by Nora Roberts (Putnam). (Boston Globe)
Rich: We're smarter and prettier Jul 5, 2009
wrote an entire Sunday feature on female Southern writers and railed against Rebecca Wells ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"), Jill Connor Browne ("The Sweet Potato Queens"), Celia and me. "Shut up!" he screamed through the pages. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Stay cool and delve into a good book this summer Jun 4, 2009
"The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder," Rebecca Wells: A girl grows up in Louisiana and presumably learns divine secrets about the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. "Rain Gods," James Lee Burke: Burke introduces a new character, Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
